vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-15862: CVE-2020-15862 net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to privileged commands execution (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 20, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 20, 2020
Added
Nov 18, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-net-snmpredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-agent-libsredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-net-snmp-debuginforedhat-upgrade-net-snmp-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-develredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-guiredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-libsredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-libs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-net-snmp-perlredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-perl-debuginforedhat-upgrade-net-snmp-pythonredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-sysvinitredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-utilsredhat-upgrade-net-snmp-utils-debuginfo
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