Input validation error in Net-snmp - CVE-2014-2284
Published: March 24, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32558
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2284
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: net-snmp.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
Net-snmp
Net-snmp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2284
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57526
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57870
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
- http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/a1fd64716f6794c55c34d77e618210238a73bfa1/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2166-1