Multiple vulnerabilities in SNMP

Author

Jiang, Guofei

Author_Institution

Inst. for Security Technol. Studies, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA

Volume

35

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

4

Abstract

For more than a decade, many network administrators have relied on SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, to monitor and manage network devices. Now in its third release, SNMP has become the de facto standard for network management since its development in 1987. However, a recent report from the computer security watchdog CERT Coordination Center indicates that vulnerabilities in many SNMP implementations have left the products of more 100 vendors vulnerable to attack. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized privileged access, denial of service attacks, or other undesirable behaviors

Keywords

computer network management; protocols; security of data; telecommunication standards; CERT Coordination Center; SNMP implementations; Simple Network Management Protocol; computer security watchdog; de facto standard; denial of service attacks; network administrators; network device management; unauthorized privileged access; vendors; Broadcasting; Buffer overflow; Computer crime; Computer hacking; Educational institutions; Filtering; Internet; Routing protocols; Security; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2002.1012421

Filename

1012421