CVE-2007-5846
The SNMP agent (snmp_agent.c) in net-snmp before 5.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a GETBULK request with a large max-repeaters value.
02 Description
The SNMP agent (snmp_agent.c) in net-snmp before 5.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a GETBULK request with a large max-repeaters value.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 29.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-11-06 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6c5b9eea019026743d78ce57a71722625da71237d4baa79f09544269ccc2401a
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27965http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=528095&group_id=12694
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-564-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1
- secunia.com28413http://secunia.com/advisories/28413
- osvdb.org38904http://osvdb.org/38904
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:225http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:225
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3802http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802
- secunia.com27733http://secunia.com/advisories/27733
- secunia.com27685http://secunia.com/advisories/27685
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1712988&group_id=12694&atid=112694
- www.securityfocus.com20080416 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasushttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-3019https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00613.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-31http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:025http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- kb.pulsesecure.nethttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730
- www.securitytracker.com1018918http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018918
- secunia.com29785http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
- secunia.com27558http://secunia.com/advisories/27558
- www.securityfocus.com26378http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26378
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1234http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1045http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1045.html
- secunia.com28825http://secunia.com/advisories/28825
- www.debian.orgDSA-1483http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1483
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11258https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11258
- net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-4-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?view=log
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20080415 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasushttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
- secunia.com27740http://secunia.com/advisories/27740
- secunia.com27689http://secunia.com/advisories/27689
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- net-snmp Fixed in 5.4.1~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- net-snmp Fixed in 5.4.1~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- net-snmp Fixed in 5.4.1~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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