[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#910638: net-snmp: CVE-2018-18065

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: net-snmp
Version: 5.7.3+dfsg-1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch security upstream

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for net-snmp.

CVE-2018-18065[0]:
| _set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has
| a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated
| attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP
| packet, resulting in Denial of Service.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18065
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18065
[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/7ffb8e25a0db851953155de91f0170e9bf8c457d/

Regards,
Salvatore