CVE-2008-0960
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
SNMPv3 HMAC verification in (1) Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.4.1, 5.3.x before 5.3.2.1, and 5.4.x before 5.4.1.1; (2) UCD-SNMP; (3) eCos; (4) Juniper Session and Resource Control (SRC) C-series 1.0.0 through 2.0.0; (5) NetApp (aka Network Appliance) Data ONTAP 7.3RC1 and 7.3RC2; (6) SNMP Research before 16.2; (7) multiple Cisco IOS, CatOS, ACE, and Nexus products; (8) Ingate Firewall 3.1.0 and later and SIParator 3.1.0 and later; (9) HP OpenView SNMP Emanate Master Agent 15.x; and possibly other products relies on the client to specify the HMAC length, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass SNMP authentication via a length value of 1, which only checks the first byte.
Find out more about CVE-2008-0960 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (ucd-snmp) | RHSA-2008:0528 | 2008-06-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (net-snmp) | RHSA-2008:0529 | 2008-06-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 4.5 | RHSA-2008:0529 | 2008-06-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (net-snmp) | RHSA-2008:0529 | 2008-06-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (net-snmp) | RHSA-2008:0529 | 2008-06-10 |
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