CVE-2005-2177

CVE-2005-2177 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Net-SNMP versions 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, 5.2.x before 5.2.1.2, and 5.1.3 when using stream sockets like TCP. A remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop, leading to daemon hang and high CPU consumption, by sending a TCP packet of length one. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.