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net-snmp: denial of service

Package(s):net-snmp CVE #(s):CVE-2005-4837
Created:May 2, 2007 Updated:May 4, 2007
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory: the SNMP service did not correctly handle TCP disconnects. Remote subagents could cause a denial of service if they dropped a connection at a specific time. Note that this vulnerability has been known since 2005.
Alerts:
rPath rPSA-2007-0089-1 2007-05-03
Ubuntu USN-456-1 2007-05-02
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