CVE-2020-15862

Publication date 6 August 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
net-snmp 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.6
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes


seth-arnold

see Debian's triage notes

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
net-snmp

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4471-1
    • Net-SNMP vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2020

Other references