| Name | CVE-2014-2285 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-snmp (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.9+dfsg-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.9.3+dfsg-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 5.9.4+dfsg-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| net-snmp | source | wheezy | 5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1 | |||
| net-snmp | source | (unstable) | 5.7.2.1~dfsg-3 | unimportant |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778
Upstream fix: http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/76e8d6d100320629d8a23be4b0128619600c919d/
unimportant since it only segfaults with older Perl version
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ddfa59c