Vulnerability in Net-Snmp
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.290 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.290 · newest: 0.290 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/27965 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28413 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/38904 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27733 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27685 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-5846?
- CVE-2007-5846 is a vulnerability in Net-Snmp, classified under CWE-399. Published 2007-11-06.
- Is CVE-2007-5846 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.