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Multiple Vendor Malformed SNMP Trap Handling DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10858

Synopsis

The remote SNMP service is vulnerable to denial of service.

Description

It was possible to disable the remote SNMP daemon by sending a malformed packet advertising bogus length fields.

An attacker may use this flaw to prevent you from using SNMP to administer your network (or use other flaws to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the SNMP daemon).

Solution

Apply the latest SNMP patches from your vendor.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Aug/390

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10858

File Name: snmp_oversized_length_field_two.nasl

Version: 1.37

Type: remote

Family: SNMP

Published: 2/13/2002

Updated: 11/15/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, SNMP/community

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0012

BID: 4088

CWE: 264

CERT-CC: CA-2002-03