Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting net-snmp-devel package, versions <1:5.7.2-20.el7_1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.19% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NETSNMPDEVEL-5037687
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Apr 2015

Introduced: 13 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-5621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-672  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 net-snmp-devel to version 1:5.7.2-20.el7_1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1636.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net-snmp-devel package and not the net-snmp-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The snmp_pdu_parse function in snmp_api.c in net-snmp 5.7.2 and earlier does not remove the varBind variable in a netsnmp_variable_list item when parsing of the SNMP PDU fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

CVSS Scores

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