news 28 Posted November 16, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] net-snmp (SSA:2008-320-02) New net-snmp packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a denial of service issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4309 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to net-snmp-5.4.2.1. This fixes a problem where a user with read access could cause snmpd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4309 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: c585af1a43e86cb7be73382c1ee4e575 net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 0aee48e834e781e8d2b910b5278fd8a7 net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: cc259e3a080404e89d7dab5eb7cbc709 net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Then, restart snmpd if the system uses it. +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
