# CVE-2002-0013: Vulnerabilities in the SNMPv1 request handling of a large number of SNMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2002-02-18 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Vulnerabilities in the SNMPv1 request handling of a large number of SNMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via (1) GetRequest, (2) GetNextRequest, and (3) SetRequest messages, as demonstrated by the PROTOS c06-SNMPv1 test suite. NOTE: It is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into multiple candidates, one or more for each vendor. This and other SNMP-related candidates will be updated when more accurate information is available.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-163.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57404-1
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-006
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A87
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020201-01-A
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/snmpv1/index.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A298
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854306
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/alerts/advise110.php
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21296

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