Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU45745
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15862
CWE-ID:
CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure permissions set by the Net-snmp installed on Debian-based systems. A remote user can overwrite files in net-snmp directory via EXTEND MIB and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Update the affected package net-snmp to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-ESPOS - 15-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-LTSS
snmp-mibs: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
perl-SNMP-debuginfo: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
perl-SNMP: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
net-snmp-devel: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
net-snmp-debugsource: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
net-snmp-debuginfo: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
net-snmp: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
libsnmp30-debuginfo: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
libsnmp30: before 5.7.3-7.13.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20214191-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.