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CVE-2005-2177: net-snmp Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2177DSA-873-1
Published 10-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2177 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in net-snmp. EPSS estimates a 3.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.93%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1
RHSA-2005:373RHSA-2005:395CVE-2006-5941

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.93% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
3.93%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • net-snmp< 5.1.2-6.2 | < 5.2.1.2-1
Net-snmp1 product
  • net-snmp5.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4_pre2 | 5.0.5 | 5.0.6 | 5.0.7 | 5.0.8 | 5.0.9 | 5.0.10 | 5.1.3 | 5.2 | 5.2.1

2 vendors · 2 products

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