CVE-2008-0960

NameCVE-2008-0960
DescriptionSNMPv3 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.
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ReferencesDSA-1663-1, DTSA-137-1
Debian Bugs485945

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
net-snmp (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye5.9+dfsg-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.9.3+dfsg-2fixed
sid, trixie5.9.4+dfsg-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
net-snmpsourceetch5.2.3-7etch4DSA-1663-1
net-snmpsourcelenny5.4.1~dfsg-7.1+lenny1DTSA-137-1
net-snmpsource(unstable)5.4.1~dfsg-8.1medium485945

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