usn-4471-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-08-24 16:09
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
net-snmp vulnerabilities
Details
Tobias Neitzel discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2020-15861)
It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15862)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3",
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},
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}
]
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"5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2",
"5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3",
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}
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"binary_version": "5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5"
},
{
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"binary_version": "5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5"
},
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"binary_version": "5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5"
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"5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu2",
"5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3",
"5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.1",
"5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.2",
"5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.3"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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"id": "CVE-2020-15862",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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}
],
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}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
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"binary_name": "libsnmp-base",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "libsnmp-perl",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "libsnmp35",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "snmp",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "snmpd",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "snmptrapd",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "tkmib",
"binary_version": "5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-snmp@5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
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"5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
"5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.1",
"5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2"
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Tobias Neitzel discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain symlinks.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.\n(CVE-2020-15861)\n\nIt was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu\n18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15862)\n",
"id": "USN-4471-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:39Z",
"published": "2020-08-24T16:09:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4471-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15861"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15862"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "net-snmp vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15861",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15862"
]
}
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