Upstream information

CVE-2020-15861 at MITRE

Description

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

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector Local Network
Access Complexity Low High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1174821 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ESPOS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 net-snmp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 net-snmp Not affected