Improper Privilege Management Affecting net-snmp-debuginfo package, versions <1:5.5-60.22.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-NETSNMPDEBUGINFO-1726062
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed20 Aug 2020

Introduced: 20 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 net-snmp-debuginfo to version 1:5.5-60.22.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2021-1465.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net-snmp-debuginfo package and not the net-snmp-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Net-SNMP through 5.8 has Improper Privilege Management because SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB provides the ability to run arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS Scores

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