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CVE-2012-6151
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 9.5%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.5% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 64048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2411/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0322 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131202 Re: SNMPD DoS #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131202 NMPD DoS #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2166-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 59974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 57870 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201409-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- netsnmp-cve20126151-dos(89485) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038007 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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