CVE-2014-2285

Published Apr 27, 2014

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "89FC8972-CB5F-4501-B8E8-C3520E36CB8F",
            "versionEndIncluding": "5.7.3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References