SNMP: Community Zero Length

This protocol anomaly triggers when it detects a SNMP message with an empty community string. This can indicate an attacker is sending bogus SNMP messages to the server.

Extended Description

The condition may indicate a network configuration error. It may also indicate that a malicious attack attempt, involving the injection of malformed SNMP datagrams, is underway.

References

URL: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1157.html

Short Name

SNMP:COMMUNITY:ZERO-LEN

Severity

Major

Recommended

False

Recommended Action

None

SNMP: Community Zero Length

Extended Description

References

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