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CVE-2012-6151

Published: Dec 13, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6151
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Mac_os_xApple10.11.0 (including)10.11.0 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical10.04 (including)10.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.10 (including)12.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical13.10 (including)13.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnet-snmp-1:5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatnet-snmp-1:5.5-44.el6_4.4*
Net-snmpUbuntudevel*
Net-snmpUbuntulucid*
Net-snmpUbuntuprecise*
Net-snmpUbuntuquantal*
Net-snmpUbunturaring*
Net-snmpUbuntusaucy*
Net-snmpUbuntuupstream*

References

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