CPANSA-Net-SNMP-2014-2285: Net-SNMP vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2014-04-27T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2014-04-27T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

The perl_trapd_handler function in perl/TrapReceiver/TrapReceiver.xs in Net-SNMP 5.7.3.pre3 and earlier, when using certain Perl versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (snmptrapd crash) via an empty community string in an SNMP trap, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference within the newSVpv function in Perl.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-2285

Vulnerability Description

The perl_trapd_handler function in perl/TrapReceiver/TrapReceiver.xs in Net-SNMP 5.7.3.pre3 and earlier, when using certain Perl versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (snmptrapd crash) via an empty community string in an SNMP trap, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference within the newSVpv function in Perl.

Weakness CWE-20 : Improper Input Validation

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Net-SNMP less than or equal 5.7.3
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
2.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 4.3 Medium

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 2014 First release

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