Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Affecting net-snmp-devel package, versions <1:5.7.2-28.el7_4.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NETSNMPDEVEL-5217687
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Aug 2020

Introduced: 25 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-250  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 net-snmp-devel to version 1:5.7.2-28.el7_4.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0257.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net-snmp-devel package and not the net-snmp-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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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