CVE-2014-2284

Description

The Linux implementation of the ICMP-MIB in Net-SNMP 5.5 before 5.5.2.1, 5.6.x before 5.6.2.1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.2.1 does not properly validate input, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.05% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57583 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57124 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0321.html vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/a1fd64716f6794c55c34d77e618210238a73bfa1/ mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/57870 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57526 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml vendor advisory
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2284?
CVE-2014-2284 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2284?
To fix CVE-2014-2284, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-2284 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2284 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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