CVE-2014-2285

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.09% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044 vendor advisory
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2285?
CVE-2014-2285 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2285?
To fix CVE-2014-2285, 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-2014-2285 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2285 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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