DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15862

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15862.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15862
Upstream
Published
2020-08-20T01:17:13Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:23Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / net-snmp

Package

Name
net-snmp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-snmp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / net-snmp

Package

Name
net-snmp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-snmp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / net-snmp

Package

Name
net-snmp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-snmp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / net-snmp

Package

Name
net-snmp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-snmp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}