CVE-2008-6123

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/02/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The netsnmp_udp_fmtaddr function (snmplib/snmpUDPDomain.c) in net-snmp 5.0.9 through 5.4.2.1, when using TCP wrappers for client authorization, does not properly parse hosts.allow rules, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute SNMP queries, related to "source/destination IP address confusion."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp::::::::	5.0.9 (including)	5.4.2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3-11.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:9-11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2008-6123

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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