CVE-2020-15861

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15861
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-20 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-03 15:13:00 UTC
DescriptionNet-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Smi-s Provider - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
August 2020 Net-SNMP Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CHANGES: snmpd: Stop reading and writing the mib_indexes/* files · net-snmp/net-snmp@4fd9a45 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Net-SNMP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202008-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-4471-1: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[Ticket#2020070701000015] Security issues in net-snmp · Issue #145 · net-snmp/net-snmp · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
#966599 - snmpd: Elevation of Privileges due to symlink handling (CVE-2020-15861) - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376248 IBM Spectrum Control Multiple Vulnerabilities (6359903,6359899,6359901)
  • 591311 Bosch Rexroth PRA-ES8P2S Ethernet-Switch Multiple Vulnerabilities (BOSCH-SA-247053-BT)
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