CVE-2012-6151
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-6151 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-12-13 18:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 0.274250000 probability, percentile 0.964340000 (date 2026-04-30)
Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-2166-1: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| oss-sec: SNMPD DoS #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| 1038007 – (CVE-2012-6151) CVE-2012-6151 net-snmp: snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| 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 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| net-snmp / Bugs / #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceforge.net | Exploit |
| Net-SNMP SNMPD AgentX Subagent Timeout Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Exploit |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Net-SNMP: Denial of Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.juniper.net | |
| Security Advisory SA55804 - Net-SNMP SNMPD GETNEXT Requests Timeout Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| oss-sec: Re: SNMPD DoS #2411 snmpd crashes/hangs when AgentX subagent times-out | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Security Advisory SA57870 - Ubuntu update for net-snmp - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4 OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 and Security Update 2015-007 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Security Advisory SA59974 - Gentoo update for net-snmp - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.