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CVE-2014-2285 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284	CVE
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/	CVE
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml	CVE
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html	CVE
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284	[email protected]
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/59974	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/	[email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml	[email protected]
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
net-snmp net-snmp	<= 5.7.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp::pre1::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 28, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]