SUSE-SU-2015:1556-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:1556-1

    Published: 21 Aug 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5621
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-5621

    Summary: Security update for net-snmp

    Details: The following issues have been fixed within this update: * fix btrfs output inside HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrStorageDescr. (bsc#909479) * fix an incompletely initialized vulnerability within the snmp_pdu_parse() function of snmp_api.c. (bsc#940188, CVE-2015-5621) * add build requirement 'procps' to fix a net-snmp-config error (bsc#935863) * --disable-md5 to allow operation in FIPS mode and not use the old algorithm (bsc#935876 bsc#940084) * also stop snmptrapd on removal

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151556-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/909479, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935863, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935876, https://bugzilla.suse.com/940084, https://bugzilla.suse.com/940188, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5621

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: net-snmp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/net-snmp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.7.2.1-4.3.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High