Medium 4.3Published Dec 13, 2013

CVE-2012-6151Net-SNMP 5.7.1 and earlier, when AgentX is registering to handle a MIB and processing GETNEXT requests, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop, CPU consumption,…

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Net-SNMP 5.7.1 and earlier, when AgentX is registering to handle a MIB and processing GETNEXT requests, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop, CPU consumption, and hang) by causing the AgentX subagent to timeout.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.11.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	10.04; 12.04; 12.10; 13.10	NVD
net-snmp net-snmp net-snmp:net-snmp	through 5.7.1; 5.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.0.3; 5.0.4; 5.0.5; 5.0.6; and 12 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/398
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/415
http://secunia.com/advisories/55804
http://secunia.com/advisories/57870
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2411/	exploit
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64048	exploit
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