HIGH
net-snmp remote DoS via udp packet
Published Nov 6, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 28.97%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
net-snmp-0:5.0.9-2.30E.23
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1045
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
net-snmp-0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1045
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
net-snmp-1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1045
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | net-snmp-0:5.0.9-2.30E.23 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1045 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | net-snmp-0:5.1.2-11.el4_6.11.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1045 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | net-snmp-1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1045 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
28.97% 0.28966
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.28966
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (27 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 28.97% (0.28966) | 98.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 28.97% (0.28966) | 97.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 26.18% (0.26183) | 97.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 15.36% (0.15357) | 94.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 20.40% (0.20403) | 95.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 46.07% (0.46066) | 97.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 69.74% (0.69744) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 65.09% (0.65092) | 98.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 69.56% (0.69561) | 98.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 65.15% (0.65153) | 98.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 72.31% (0.72310) | 98.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 64.67% (0.64669) | 98.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 62.81% (0.62806) | 97.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 64.67% (0.64669) | 98.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 70.50% (0.70502) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2025 | 34.34% (0.34339) | 97.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 38.51% (0.38507) | 97.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 53.28% (0.53281) | 97.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 68.40% (0.68402) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 73.95% (0.73945) | 98.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 79.39% (0.79389) | 98.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 79.63% (0.79631) | 98.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 85.07% (0.85071) | 98.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 84.37% (0.84371) | 97.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (33)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198346 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-4-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?view=log x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/38904 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27558 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27685 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27689 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27733 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27740 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28825 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-31.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=528095&group_id=12694 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1712988&group_id=12694&atid=112694 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1483 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:225 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1045.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26378 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018918 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-564-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3802 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5846 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363631 Issue Tracking
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43730 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5846
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11258 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5846
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00613.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 6, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 6, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5846
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a