RHEL 6 : net-snmp (RHSA-2020:5129)

High Nessus Plugin ID 142973

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VPR Score: 7.4

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5129 advisory.

 - net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to privileged commands execution (CVE-2020-15862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15862

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5129

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1873038

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142973

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5129.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/11/17

Updated: 2020/11/18

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 7.4

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15862

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::client, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2020/11/17

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2020/08/20

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15862

RHSA: 2020:5129

CWE: 250