CVE-2020-15862
net-snmp - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.12%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-15862
To remediate CVE-2020-15862, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/net-snmp—upgrade to 5.8+dfsg-4 or later
- Debian/net-snmp—upgrade to 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u2 or later
Is CVE-2020-15862 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.8+dfsg-4
- from 0, < 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u2
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 |