[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-14:01.bsnmpd

[Jeremie Le Hen]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 08:11:08PM +0000, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
> 
> II.  Problem Description
> 
> The bsnmpd(8) daemon is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow when it
> has received a specifically crafted GETBULK PDU request.
> 
> III. Impact
> 
> This issue could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of
> the service daemon, or crash the service daemon, causing a denial-of-service.
> 
> IV.  Workaround
> 
> No workaround is available, but systems not running bsnmpd(8) are not
> vulnerable.

We are supposed to have SSP in all binaries that should prevent
exploitations from this kind of bugs.  I am curious why it hasn't been
mentioned: is it because it didn't work as expected (which would require
some investigation), or is it just an omission?

Regards,
-- 
Jeremie Le Hen

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