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CVE-2009-1887 (GCVE-0-2009-1887)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-06-26 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
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Summary
agent/snmp_agent.c in snmpd in net-snmp 5.0.9 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted SNMP GETBULK request that triggers a divide-by-zero error. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-4309.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2009-06-25 00:00
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