SB2014031607 - NULL pointer dereference in net-snmp (Alpine package)
Published: March 16, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014031607
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2285)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via an empty community string in an SNMP trap, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference within the newSVpv function in Perl.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=86d6c2992ffe207d79fa3601770fca9c446ec590
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8fe86babad3640db7ccb3721d30c7077cda5f486
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b5ae0b3064082b3898adc7f7a758331fff228dbd
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=45e6cc52600481864729f792d21e35824d86d99a