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CVE-2007-5846 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-4-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?view=log CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/38904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27558 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27685 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27689 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27733 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27740 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28413 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28825 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29785 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=528095&group_id=12694 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1712988&group_id=12694&atid=112694 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1483 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:225 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1045.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26378 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018918 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11258 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00613.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5846
NVD Published Date:
11/06/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.