Check Point Advisories

Net-SNMP Denial of Service (CVE-2022-44792)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2022-1689
Date Published:	18 Jul 2023
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 18 July, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2022-44792
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Net-SNMP 5.8 and later,5.9.3 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Net-SNMP. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Net-SNMP Denial of Service (CVE-2022-44792) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SNMP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Net-SNMP Denial of Service (CVE-2022-44792)