Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2017-6739

High · 8.8 CISA KEV

CVSS

8.8

EPSS

10.9%

Published

Jul 17, 2017

CISA due date

Mar 24, 2022

The record

A vulnerability in the SNMP implementation of could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP packet to the affected device.  The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow in the affected code area. The vulnerability affects all versions of SNMP (versions 1, 2c, and 3). The attacker must know the SNMP read only community string (SNMP version 2c or earlier) or the user credentials (SNMPv3). An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain full control of the system or to cause a reload of the affected system. Only traffic directed to the affected system can be used to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed

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