NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Net-SNMP Perl Trap Receiver

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Net-SNMP Perl Trap Receiver

CVE-2014-2285 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Learn more about our Web Application Penetration Testing UK.