Detections
Analytics

RHEL 8 : net-snmp (RHSA-2020:5480)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144400

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5480 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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15862

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5480

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1873038

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144400

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5480.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15862

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

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:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-agent-libs, 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-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: 12/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15862

CWE: 250

RHSA: 2020:5480