Bug 222265

Summary:	net-analyzer/net-snmp <5.4.1-r4 Perl Module "__snprint_value()" Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-2292)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) <rbu>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	netmon
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://secunia.com/advisories/30187/
Whiteboard:	B2 [glsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	225105
Bug Blocks:

Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-15 14:48:40 UTC

Secunia:
A vulnerability has been reported in Net-snmp, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "__snprint_value()" function in perl/SNMP/SNMP.xs. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow in an application using the Net-snmp Perl module by tricking the user into connecting to a malicious SNMP agent.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.4.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Comment 1 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-06-06 20:05:00 UTC

Thank you Robert for report. This is fixed in net-snmp-5.4.1-r4. But please, don't stabilize it now as we have one more security issue pending and I'd like to stabilize them in one go.

Comment 2 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-03 00:40:12 UTC

A later version including the same patch has been stabled in bug 225105.

Comment 3 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-08-06 00:30:36 UTC

GLSA 200808-02