CVE-2005-2177

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Net-SNMP 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, 5.2.x before 5.2.1.2, and 5.1.3, when net-snmp is using stream sockets such as TCP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang and CPU consumption) via a TCP packet of length 1, which triggers an infinite loop.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-07-10 CVE Reserved
2005-07-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (43)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017273	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-225.pdf	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.net-snmp.org/about/ChangeLog.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451404/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451417/100/200/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451419/100/200/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451426/100/200/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14168	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21256	Vdb Entry
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9986	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7659656&forum_id=12455	2018-10-19
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0034	2018-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/15930	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/16999	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/17007	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/17217	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/17343	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/18635	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/22875	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/23058	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/25373	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/25432	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787	2018-10-19
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102725-1	2018-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-873	2018-10-19
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:025	2018-10-19
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html	2018-10-19
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html	2018-10-19
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html	2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-373.html	2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-395.html	2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-720.html	2018-10-19
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-190-1	2018-10-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502	2018-10-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4677	2018-10-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1883	2018-10-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2177	2005-08-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617692	2005-08-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.2 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.2"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.3 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.3"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.4_pre2 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.4_pre2"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.5 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.5"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.6 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.6"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.7 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.7"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.8 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.8"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.9 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.9"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.0.10 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.0.10"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.1.3 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.1.3"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.2 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp"		Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp"				5.2.1 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version "5.2.1"		-		Affected