Hi Sampath,

you need to have 'V5-7-patches' as a local branch. Otherwise you're
getting an error message.

Just do a 'git checkout V5-7-patches' once and it should work.

Regards,
Alex~

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:22:35AM -0700, Sampathkumar Santhanakrishnan wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>  Thanks for sharing this info. I tried to get the diff and it
> complains about "V5-7-patches".
> 
> git diff v5.7.1 V5-7-patches snmplib/snmp_api.c > fix-5.7.1.patch
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'V5-7-patches': unknown revision or path not
> in the working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions
> 
> git branch
> * master
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Sampath
> 
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 5:41 AM, Alexander Bergmann <abergm...@suse.com> 
> wrote:
> > Hi Sampathkumar,
> >
> > you can use git to get you a patch diff for this fix.
> >
> > Just clone the repo and run the following command.
> >
> > #> git diff v5.7.1 V5-7-patches snmplib/snmp_api.c > fix-5.7.1.patch
> >
> > Then edit the file and delete everything execpt of changes inside the
> > snmp_pdu_parse() function. Double check with the original fix and you
> > are done.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Alex~
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:25:41AM -0700, Sampathkumar Santhanakrishnan 
> > wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>  I am looking for net-snmp 5.7.1 based patch for CVE-2015-5621
> >>
> >> "The snmp_pdu_parse function in snmp_api.c in net-snmp 5.7.2 and
> >> earlier does not remove the varBind variable in a
> >> netsnmp_variable_list item when parsing of the SNMP PDU fails, which
> >> allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and
> >> possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet."
> >>
> >> Can someone help on this ?
> >>
> >> Thanks & Regards,
> >> Sampajtj
> >>
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> > Alexander Bergmann <abergm...@suse.com>, Security Engineer,
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> > Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
> 

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SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Dilip Upmanyu,
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