Resource management error in Net-snmp - CVE-2012-6151
Published: December 13, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33299
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6151
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
Net-snmp
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
net-snmp (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
net-snmp (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6151
Install update from vendor's website.
Net-snmp - update to 5.7.1.pre1
net-snmp (Alpine package) - update to 5.7.1-r4
net-snmp (Alpine package) - update to 5.7.1-r4
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/55804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57870
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
- http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2411/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64048
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038007
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89485
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375