USN-2711-1

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    USN-2711-1

    Published: 17 Aug 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: net-snmp vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain trap messages when the -OQ option was used. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Net-SNMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3565) Qinghao Tang discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled SNMP PDU parsing failures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Net-SNMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5621)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2711-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3565, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5621

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: net-snmp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.1

    Affected versions

    5.7.2~dfsg-8ubuntu1
    5.7.2~dfsg-8ubuntu2
    5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu1
    5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu2
    5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3

    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
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