- Issued:
- 2012-10-29
- Updated:
- 2012-10-29
RHBA-2012:1410 - net-snmp bug fix update
Synopsis
net-snmp bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated net-snmp packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support.
Description
The net-snmp packages provide a generic client library, a suite of command-line tools, an extensible SNMP agent, Perl modules, and Python modules to use and deploy the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, the snmpd daemon did not verify the result of reading from a network socket in the SMUX (SNMP multiplexing) module. Consequently, snmpd was sometimes unable to close erroneous SMUX sessions, because it failed to detect some network errors. With this update, the snmpd daemon has been adapted to properly detect errors when reading from a SMUX socket and it now reacts to these errors properly. (BZ#868176)
Users of net-snmp are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) | 6.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.1 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.1 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.1 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.1 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- net-snmp-libs-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
- net-snmp-python-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-python-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-python-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
- net-snmp-debuginfo-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
- net-snmp-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
- net-snmp-libs-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-perl-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-perl-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-debuginfo-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-libs-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
- net-snmp-utils-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-perl-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
- net-snmp-debuginfo-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
- net-snmp-devel-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
- net-snmp-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-utils-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-debuginfo-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
- net-snmp-utils-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-python-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-devel-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-perl-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-utils-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
- net-snmp-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-devel-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-devel-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-libs-5.5-31.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
- net-snmp-libs-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-debuginfo-5.5-31.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
- net-snmp-5.5-31.el6_1.1.src.rpm
- net-snmp-libs-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
- net-snmp-devel-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
- net-snmp-debuginfo-5.5-31.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
- net-snmp-devel-5.5-31.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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