CVE-2005-4837 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2005-4837

snmp_api.c in snmpd in Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.2, 5.1.x before...

Vulnerability Description

snmp_api.c in snmpd in Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.3, and 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, when running in master agentx mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing a particular TCP disconnect, which triggers a free of an incorrect variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2177.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

net-snmp
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4_pre2, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.0.10, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 10th, 2007
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.