A new update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Here the announcement:
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: ucd-snmp security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0528-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0528.html
Issue date: 2008-06-10
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0960
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1. Summary:
Updated ucd-snmp packages that fix a security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386
3. Description:
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for
network management.
A flaw was found in the way ucd-snmp checked an SNMPv3 packet's Keyed-Hash
Message Authentication Code (HMAC). An attacker could use this flaw to
spoof an authenticated SNMPv3 packet. (CVE-2008-0960)
All users of ucd-snmp should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
447974 - CVE-2008-0960 net-snmp SNMPv3 authentication bypass (VU#877044)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.src.rpm
i386:
ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ia64:
ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.ia64.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.ia64.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.src.rpm
ia64:
ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.ia64.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.ia64.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.src.rpm
i386:
ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.src.rpm
i386:
ucd-snmp-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.5-8.AS21.7.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0960
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
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