CVE-2020-15861

Publication date 6 August 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.

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-1.8ubuntu3.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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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