7.8

CVE-2007-5846: net-snmp Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2007:1045DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5846DSA-1483-1
Published 06-11-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5846 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in net-snmp. EPSS estimates a 28.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
28.97%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-11-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SNMP agent (snmp_agent.c) in net-snmp before 5.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a GETBULK request with a large max-repeaters value.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

28.97%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 28.97% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
28.97%

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

Redhat6 products
  • net-snmp< 0:5.0.9-2.30E.23 | < 0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1 | < 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1
  • net-snmp-debuginfo< 0:5.0.9-2.30E.23 | < 0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1 | < 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1
  • net-snmp-devel< 0:5.0.9-2.30E.23 | < 0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1 | < 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1
  • net-snmp-libs< 0:5.0.9-2.30E.23 | < 0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1 | < 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1
  • net-snmp-perl< 0:5.0.9-2.30E.23 | < 0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1 | < 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1
Debian1 product
  • net-snmp< 5.4.1~dfsg-1 | < 5.3.1-8+lenny1 | < 5.2.3-7etch2
Net-snmp1 product

3 vendors · 8 products

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