CVE-2002-0012

Description

Vulnerabilities in a large number of SNMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via SNMPv1 trap handling, as demonstrated by the PROTOS c06-SNMPv1 test suite. NOTE: It is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into multiple candidates, one or more for each vendor. This and other SNMP-related candidates will be updated when more accurate information is available.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 54.25% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory iss.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-163.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A161 vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A144 vdb entry signature
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-006 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5043 vdb entry patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4211 patch vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020201-01-A patch vendor advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107186 third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1048 vdb entry signature
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/snmpv1/index.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A298 vdb entry signature
http://www.iss.net/security_center/alerts/advise110.php third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0012?
CVE-2002-0012 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0012?
To fix CVE-2002-0012, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-0012 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2002-0012 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~54% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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