Vulnerability identifier: #VU65674

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24807

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Net-snmp
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor: net-snmp.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in a SET request to SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB::vacmAccessTable. A remote user can pass a malformed OID in a SET request, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Net-snmp: 5.0 - 5.9.verfix

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External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-24807

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.