CVE-2014-2285

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2285
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-27 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-08 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp All pre1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2014:0398-1: moderate: net-snmp: security fixes for remote d SUSE lists.opensuse.org
1072778 – (CVE-2014-2285) CVE-2014-2285 net-snmp: snmptrapd crash when using a trap with empty community string CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1072044 – snmptrapd segfaults under specific conditions CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Net-SNMP: Denial of Service GENTOO www.gentoo.org
NULL and sv_setpv vs. newSVpv - nntp.perl.org MISC www.nntp.perl.org
comments.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out MLIST comments.gmane.org
Security Advisory SA59974 - Gentoo update for net-snmp - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0399-1: moderate: net-snmp: security fixes for remote d SUSE lists.opensuse.org
net-snmp / Patches / #1275 Perl Trap Handler Segfault CONFIRM sourceforge.net
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
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