CVE-2008-2292 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2008-2292 at MITRE

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).

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 393944 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2008:039, published Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:51:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:18 2025