Information Exposure Affecting net-snmp package, versions <5.9.3-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-NETSNMP-3230910
  • published 15 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 10 Nov 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 net-snmp to version 5.9.3-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net-snmp package and not the net-snmp package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

The net-snmp package in OpenBSD through 5.8 uses 0644 permissions for snmpd.conf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive community information by reading this file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None