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CVE-2012-2141 (GCVE-0-2012-2141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-14 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0124.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026984 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139049 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20140… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53258 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815813 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53255 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/48938 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2012-04-24 00:00
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