CVE-2012-6151

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6151
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-13 18:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionNet-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.11.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.11.0 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
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 5.0.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.3 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.4 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 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.1.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.3 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.3.0.1 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.4 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.5 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.6 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.7 All All All
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 5.0.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.3 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.0.4 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 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.1.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.2 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.3 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.3.0.1 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.4 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.5 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.6 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.7 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Net-SNMP SNMPD AgentX Subagent Timeout Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
USN-2166-1: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA55804 - Net-SNMP SNMPD GETNEXT Requests Timeout Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4 OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 and Security Update 2015-007 APPLE lists.apple.com
net-snmp / Bugs / #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out MISC sourceforge.net Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-sec: SNMPD DoS #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out MLIST seclists.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Net-SNMP: Denial of Service GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA57870 - Ubuntu update for net-snmp - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA59974 - Gentoo update for net-snmp - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
oss-sec: Re: SNMPD DoS #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out MLIST seclists.org
About the security content of OS X El Capitan 10.11.1, Security Update 2015-004 Yosemite, and Security Update 2015-007 Mavericks - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
1038007 – (CVE-2012-6151) CVE-2012-6151 net-snmp: snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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