CVE-2012-6151

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 22.15% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64048 vdb entry exploit
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2411/ exploit
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/415 mailing list
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/398 mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57870 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89485 vdb entry
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://secunia.com/advisories/55804 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038007

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6151?
CVE-2012-6151 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6151?
To fix CVE-2012-6151, 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-2012-6151 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-6151 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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