# CVE-2005-4837: snmp\_api.c in snmpd in Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.3, and 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, when running in master agentx mode, allow

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-04-10 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

snmp_api.c in snmpd in Net-SNMP 5.2.x before 5.2.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.3, and 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, when running in master agentx mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing a particular TCP disconnect, which triggers a free of an incorrect variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2177.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1334
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25115
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9442
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25114
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102929-1
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1207023&group_id=12694&atid=112694
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23762
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-456-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25411

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