Improper Privilege Management Affecting net-snmp package, versions <5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-NETSNMP-597450
  • published30 Jul 2020
  • disclosed20 Aug 2020

Introduced: 30 Jul 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 net-snmp to version 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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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