CVE-2007-5846 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Net-SNMP versions prior to 5.4.1, specifically within the SNMP agent's handling of GETBULK requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a GETBULK request with a large max-repeaters value, leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact on availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score suggests a significant potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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