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    CVE-2007-5846

    The SNMP agent (snmp_agent.c) in net-snmp before 5.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a GETBULK request with a large max-repeaters value.

    Published:May 4, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.15357
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Net-snmp
    Product
    Net-snmp
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
    http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-4-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?view=log
    http://osvdb.org/38904
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27558
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27689
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27733
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27740
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28413
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28825
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=528095&group_id=12694
    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1712988&group_id=12694&atid=112694
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1483
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:225
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1045.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26378
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018918
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references
    https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11258
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00613.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
    http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-4-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?view=log
    http://osvdb.org/38904
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27558
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27689
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27733
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27740
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28413
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28825
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=528095&group_id=12694
    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1712988&group_id=12694&atid=112694
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1483
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:225
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1045.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26378
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018918
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references
    https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11258
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00613.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High