CVE-2005-2177

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    CVE-2005-2177

    Published: 11 Jul 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Net-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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/15930, http://secunia.com/advisories/16999, http://secunia.com/advisories/17007, http://secunia.com/advisories/17135, http://secunia.com/advisories/17217, http://secunia.com/advisories/17282, http://secunia.com/advisories/17343, http://secunia.com/advisories/18635, http://secunia.com/advisories/22875, http://secunia.com/advisories/23058, http://secunia.com/advisories/25373, http://secunia.com/advisories/25432, http://secunia.com/advisories/25787, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-873, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:025, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0034/, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-190-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4677, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1883, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7659656&forum_id=12455, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0034/, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017273, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102725-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-225.pdf, http://www.net-snmp.org/about/ChangeLog.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-373.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-395.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-720.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451404/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451417/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451419/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451426/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14168, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21256, http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html, http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html, http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9986

    Affected packages

    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