#VU65673 Input validation error in Net-snmp - CVE-2022-24806

 

#VU65673 Input validation error in Net-snmp - CVE-2022-24806

Published: July 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU65673
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24806
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Net-snmp
Software vendor:
net-snmp.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when SETing malformed OIDs in master agent and subagent simultaneously. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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