7.8
HIGH
CVE-2007-5846
Net-SNMP SNMP Agent Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2007, 9:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 15, 2018, 9:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5846 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Net-snmp net-snmp
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-5846.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html Patch
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 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27685 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27689 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27733 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27740 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28413 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28825 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29785 Vendor Advisory
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 Patch
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 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018918
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references Vendor Advisory
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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-5846 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-5846 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11258 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11258 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-5846 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-5846 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

53.28 }} -15.12%

score

0.97668

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability