CVE-2008-2292

EPSS 15.2%

net-snmp - buffer overflow

Published: 5/18/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2292

Description

Buffer overflow in the __snprint_value function in snmp_get in Net-SNMP 5.1.4, 5.2.4, and 5.4.1, as used in SNMP.xs for Perl, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large OCTETSTRING in an attribute value pair (AVP).

Affected packages (2)

Debian/net-snmpfrom 0, < 5.4.1~dfsg-8
Debian/net-snmpfrom 0, < 5.4.1~dfsg-7+lenny1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2292