# 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, a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-04-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59974
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284

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