High severity · published Oct 31, 2008
CVE-2008-4309
Integer overflow in the netsnmp_create_subtree_cache function in agent/snmp_agent.c in net-snmp 5.4 before 5.4.2.1, 5.3 before 5.3.2.3, and 5.2 before 5.2.5.1 allows remote…
7.5
CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Integer overflow in the netsnmp_create_subtree_cache function in agent/snmp_agent.c in net-snmp 5.4 before 5.4.2.1, 5.3 before 5.3.2.3, and 5.2 before 5.2.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SNMP GETBULK request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the number of responses or repeats.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Net-snmp · Net-snmp
5.2.5; 5.3.2.2; 5.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4309
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4309
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
Vendor Advisory
http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-2-5-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?r1=17271&r2=17272&pathrev=17272
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32539
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