CVE-2018-1000116

Publication date 7 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

NET-SNMP version 5.7.2 contains a heap corruption vulnerability in the UDP protocol handler that can result in command execution.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
net-snmp 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.1

Notes

mdeslaur

dupe of CVE-2015-5621

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
net-snmp

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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