CVE-2012-2141

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-04-24
Bugzilla:
815813: CVE-2012-2141 net-snmp: Array index error, leading to out-of heap-based buffer read (snmpd crash)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Array index error in the handle_nsExtendOutput2Table function in agent/mibgroup/agent/extend.c in Net-SNMP 5.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and snmpd crash) via an SNMP GET request for an entry not in the extension table.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2141 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (net-snmp) RHSA-2012:0876 2012-06-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (net-snmp) RHSA-2013:0124 2013-01-08

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