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)…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

29.2% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (29)

• 27965 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=528095&group_id=12694 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-564-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 28413 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:225 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3802 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 27733 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27685 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1712988&group_id=12694&atid=112694 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080416 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2007-3019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• GLSA-200711-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1018918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 29785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 26378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:1045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1483 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11258 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-4-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [Security-announce] 20080415 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasus (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 27740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27689 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5846](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5846.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5846)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:47 UTC.