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CVE-2008-6123
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- [oss-security] 20090212 CVE Request -- net-snmp (sensitive host information disclosure) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090212 Re: CVE Request -- net-snmp (sensitive host information disclosure) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250429 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] Re: 20090212 CVE Request -- net-snmp (sensitive host information disclosure) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 35685 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34499 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 35416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp?view=rev&revision=17367 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1021921 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp/snmplib/snmpUDPDomain.c?r1=17325&r2=17367&pathrev=17367 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-6093 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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