Microsoft KB Archive/182322

= SNMP Appends Garbage to Data in Response to SNMP Get =

Article ID: 182322

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q182322



SYMPTOMS
The SNMP service may return garbage appended to a Get response. This happens when a SNMP application tries to get the description for the network interface card (NIC).



CAUSE
The NIC is passing back a non-null terminated string. As a result, garbage is appended to the description of the NIC.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: SNMPUTIL Winsock

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB182322

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