Severity: Low
Title: Prometheus SNMP Exporter: Basic Authentication Bypass
Date: January 12, 2024
Bugs: #883649
ID: 202401-15

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in Prometheus SNMP Exporter which could
allow for authentication bypass.

Background
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The Prometheus SNMP Exporter is the recommended way to expose SNMP data
in a format which Prometheus can ingest.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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app-metrics/snmp_exporter < 0.24.1 >= 0.24.1

Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Prometheus SNMP Exporter. Please
review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
=====
A user who knows the password hash of a user capable of performing HTTP
basic authentication with a vulnerable exporter can use the hash to
successfully authenticate as that user via cache manipulation, without
knowing the password from which the hash was derived.

Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
=========
All Prometheus SNMP Exporter users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-metrics/snmp_exporter-0.24.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-46146
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46146

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-15

Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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