CVE-2014-2285

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2285
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-27 22:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NULL and sv_setpv vs. newSVpv - nntp.perl.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nntp.perl.org
1072044 – snmptrapd segfaults under specific conditions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0398-1: moderate: net-snmp: security fixes for remote d af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0399-1: moderate: net-snmp: security fixes for remote d af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1072778 – (CVE-2014-2285) CVE-2014-2285 net-snmp: snmptrapd crash when using a trap with empty community string af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
net-snmp / Patches / #1275 Perl Trap Handler Segfault af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
comments.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 comments.gmane.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Net-SNMP: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Security Advisory SA59974 - Gentoo update for net-snmp - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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