SNMP Trap Agent on Remote Host

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1428

Synopsis

The remote host is running an inherently insecure protocol or application.

Description

The remote host is running an SNMPv1 trap agent. It is possible to overflow the SNMP traps log with fake traps (if the community names are known), causing a Denial of service.

Solution

Look at alternate protocols or applications which do not blindly accept user-supplied input

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1428

Family: SNMP

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 1/15/2016