Improper Privilege Management Affecting libsnmp30 package, versions <5.7.3-10.9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBSNMP30-2649572
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Jan 2022

Introduced: 11 Jan 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libsnmp30 to version 5.7.3-10.9.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsnmp30 package and not the libsnmp30 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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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