CVE-2014-2285

net-snmp: snmptrapd crash when using a trap with empty community string

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 3, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of net-snmp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified