CVE-2005-2177 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Net-SNMP via a specific TCP packet, leading to daemon hang and high CPU usage.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2177?
CVE-2005-2177 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2177?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Net-Snmp Net-Snmp.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2177?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-2177 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2177 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as CVE-2006-5941, DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2177, DSA-873-1, GHSA-cqhx-q2jc-7rj5.