Medium severity · published Oct 8, 2018
CVE-2018-18065
_set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to…
6.5
CVSS
17.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
_set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)17.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
through 7.1.22; 7.1.23 through 8.0.15; 8.0.16 through 8.1.6 · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DO
Data Ontap · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity OS Controller · Netapp
11.0 through 11.5 · source: NVD
HC
Hyper Converged Infrastructure · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Net-snmp · Net-snmp
before 5.8 · source: NVD
SE
Solidfire Element OS · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SW
Storagegrid Webscale · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18065
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18065
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106265
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-978220.pdf
Exploit
https://dumpco.re/blog/net-snmp-5.7.3-remote-dos
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181107-0001/
security.paloaltonetworks.com
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2018-18065
Patch
https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/7ffb8e25a0db851953155de91f0170e9bf8c457d/
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