CVE-2005-2177

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2177
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-11 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionNet-SNMP 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, 5.2.x before 5.2.1.2, and 5.1.3, when net-snmp is using stream sockets such as TCP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang and CPU consumption) via a TCP packet of length 1, which triggers an infinite loop.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.1 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.10 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.3 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.4_pre2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.5 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.6 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.7 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.8 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.9 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.1.3 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Secunia - Advisories - Net-snmp Stream-based Protocol Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for net-snmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Solaris Net-SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Net-SNMP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.net-snmp.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for net-snmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#200714: A Malformed Packet Received by snmpd(1) via TCP may Cause a Denial of Service (DoS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for net-snmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Net-SNMP Unspecified Remote Stream-Based Protocol Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 2 (for 2.0.2 Systems) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Modular Messaging ucd-snmp Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 1 (for 2.5.4 Systems Only) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-225.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX Server 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 2 (for 2.1.3 Systems Only) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for net-snmp / ucd-snmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Retired: Net-SNMP Unspecified Malformed TCP Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Net-SNMP Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SourceForge.net: net-snmp-announce af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
usn/usn-190-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Solaris 10 Net-snmp Stream-based Protocol Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-873-1 net-snmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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