CVE-2020-15861
net-snmp - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
How to fix CVE-2020-15861
To remediate CVE-2020-15861, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/net-snmp—upgrade to 5.8+dfsg-5 or later
- Debian/net-snmp—upgrade to 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u3 or later
- —upgrade to 5.7.3+dfsg-5+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2020-15861 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.8+dfsg-5
- from 0, < 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u3
- from 0, < 5.7.3+dfsg-5+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |