Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2002-1170 is a remote denial-of-service issue in the Net-SNMP daemon. Affected versions can crash because of a NULL dereference while handling variable requests. The main business risk is loss of SNMP monitoring or management visibility on systems still running very old Net-SNMP releases. Exposure is most likely on legacy Unix or Linux systems running Net-SNMP 5.0.1 through 5.0.5 with the SNMP daemon reachable from untrusted or broad internal networks. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item unless affected SNMP services are internet-facing or critical to operations. Prioritize remediation where monitoring loss would impair incident response or service availability. Mitigation focus: Identify any hosts running Net-SNMP or ucd-snmp versions 5.0.1 through 5.0.5.; Follow vendor guidance, including the referenced Red Hat advisory where applicable.; Upgrade affected Net-SNMP packages to a vendor-supported, non-affected release..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- netsnmp-handlevarrequests-dos(10250)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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