cve/2005/CVE-2005-2177.md

### [CVE-2005-2177](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2177)
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### Description

Net-SNMP 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, 5.2.x before 5.2.1.2, and 5.1.3, when net-snmp is using stream sockets such as TCP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang and CPU consumption) via a TCP packet of length 1, which triggers an infinite loop.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9986
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9986

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.