CVE-2014-3565

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.11.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
net-snmp: through 5.7.0; 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5 (+12)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1385.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/7f4a7b891332899cea26e95be0337aae01648742/
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/official-patches/48/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69477
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2711-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1125155
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-17
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html

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