CVE-2014-2285

N/A Unknown
Published: April 27, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.3%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

net-snmp

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