Use After Free Affecting net-snmp-libs package, versions <1:5.8-12.el8_1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NETSNMPLIBS-1974451
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jan 2020

Introduced: 2 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20892  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 net-snmp-libs to version 1:5.8-12.el8_1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net-snmp-libs package and not the net-snmp-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

net-snmp before 5.8.1.pre1 has a double free in usm_free_usmStateReference in snmplib/snmpusm.c via an SNMPv3 GetBulk request. NOTE: this affects net-snmp packages shipped to end users by multiple Linux distributions, but might not affect an upstream release.

CVSS Scores

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