CVE-2020-15861

Description

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

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599 issue tracking third party advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145 third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15861?
CVE-2020-15861 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15861?
To fix CVE-2020-15861, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15861 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-15861 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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