CVE-2014-2285
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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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0333 (3.3%)
Percentile: 87.3%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
net-snmp:net-snmpTechnical 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.
Published: 4/27/2014, 10:55:05 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
- http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html