CVE-2012-6151

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    CVE-2012-6151

    Published: 13 Dec 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/55804, http://secunia.com/advisories/57870, http://secunia.com/advisories/59974, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html, http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2411/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64048, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038007, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/398, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/415, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89485, https://support.apple.com/HT205375

    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
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