| Name | CVE-2020-15861 |
| Description | Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2313-1, DSA-4746-1, ELA-257-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 966599 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-snmp (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.7.2.1+dfsg-1+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| buster | 5.7.3+dfsg-5+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 5.7.3+dfsg-5+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.9+dfsg-4+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| sid, bookworm | 5.9.3+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| net-snmp | source | jessie | 5.7.2.1+dfsg-1+deb8u4 | ELA-257-1 | ||
| net-snmp | source | stretch | 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u3 | DLA-2313-1 | ||
| net-snmp | source | buster | 5.7.3+dfsg-5+deb10u1 | DSA-4746-1 | ||
| net-snmp | source | (unstable) | 5.8+dfsg-5 | 966599 |
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602