ALAS2-2026-3124


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3124
Advisory Released Date: 2026-01-21
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-01-21
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2, a specially crafted packet to an net-snmp snmptrapd daemon can cause a buffer overflow and the daemon to crash. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2. (CVE-2025-68615)


Affected Packages:

net-snmp


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update net-snmp or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3124 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    net-snmp-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-utils-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-devel-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-perl-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-gui-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-agent-libs-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-python-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-sysvinit-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64
    net-snmp-debuginfo-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.aarch64

i686:
    net-snmp-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-utils-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-devel-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-perl-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-gui-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-agent-libs-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-python-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-sysvinit-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686
    net-snmp-debuginfo-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.i686

src:
    net-snmp-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.src

x86_64:
    net-snmp-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-utils-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-devel-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-perl-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-gui-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-agent-libs-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-python-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-sysvinit-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64
    net-snmp-debuginfo-5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3.x86_64