TITLE:
Net-SNMP "rocommunity" and "rouser" Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23285
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CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
Net-snmp 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/419/
DESCRIPTION:
Robert Story has reported a vulnerability in Net-SNMP, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
the "rocommunity" and "rouser" configuration directives in
snmpd.conf, which can be exploited to gain write-access to read-only
resources.
The vulnerability is reported in version 5.3.0.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.3.0.1.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Robert Story.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=531399
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