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CVE-2012-6151 Detail

Description

Net-SNMP 5.7.1 and earlier, when AgentX is registering to handle a MIB and processing GETNEXT requests, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop, CPU consumption, and hang) by causing the AgentX subagent to timeout.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/13/2013

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/398
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/415
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2411/ Exploit
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64048 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038007
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89485
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html
https://support.apple.com/HT205375

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6151
NVD Published Date:
12/13/2013
NVD Last Modified:
08/28/2017