#VU33298 NULL pointer dereference in Net-snmp - CVE-2014-2285 

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#VU33298 NULL pointer dereference in Net-snmp - CVE-2014-2285

Published: April 28, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33298
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2014-2285
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Net-snmp
Software vendor:
net-snmp.sourceforge.net

Description

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

Update to version 5.7.3.pre4.

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