CVE-2014-3565

medium
Published 2014-10-07 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

snmplib/mib.c in net-snmp 5.7.0 and earlier, when the -OQ option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (snmptrapd crash) via a crafted SNMP trap message, which triggers a conversion to the variable type designated in the MIB file, as demonstrated by a NULL type in an ifMtu trap message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed5.7.2.1~dfsg-7
debian debianbullseyefixed5.7.2.1~dfsg-7
debian debianforkyfixed5.7.2.1~dfsg-7
debian debiansidfixed5.7.2.1~dfsg-7
debian debiantrixiefixed5.7.2.1~dfsg-7
macos macos10.11.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
net-snmpnet-snmp{"endIncluding":"5.7.0"}
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.1
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.2
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.3
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.4
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.5
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.6
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.7
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.8
net-snmpnet-snmp5.0.9
net-snmpnet-snmp5.1
net-snmpnet-snmp5.1.2
net-snmpnet-snmp5.2
net-snmpnet-snmp5.3
net-snmpnet-snmp5.3.0.1
net-snmpnet-snmp5.4
net-snmpnet-snmp5.5
net-snmpnet-snmp5.6

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.