Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Net-SNMP library affect IBM Spectrum Control (CVE-2020-15861, CVE-2020-15862)

Summary

Net-SNMP could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-15861
**DESCRIPTION:**Net-SNMP could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper handling of symlinks by snmpd. By using a specially-crafted symbolic link, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187031 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15862
**DESCRIPTION:**Net-SNMP could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an improper privilege management flaw related to SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187034 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None