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Net-snmp Stream-based Protocol Denial of Service Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA15930  
Release Date: 2005-07-06
Last Update: 2005-07-12

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Net-snmp 5.x

CVE reference:CVE-2005-2177 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Net-snmp, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is used due to an error in Net-snmp agents when handling stream-based protocols such as TCP. This can be exploited to cause a DoS. TCP support is not enabled by default.

Solution:
Update to version 5.2.1.2, 5.1.3, or 5.0.10.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Changelog:
2005-07-12: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/fo...?thread_id=7659656&forum_id=12455



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