{"id":"USN-4471-1","summary":"net-snmp vulnerabilities","details":"Tobias Neitzel discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain symlinks.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.\n(CVE-2020-15861)\n\nIt was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu\n18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15862)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:07:08.546140Z","published":"2020-08-24T16:09:50Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15861","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15862"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-15861","CVE-2020-15862","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15861","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15862"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4471-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15861"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15862"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"net-snmp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-snmp@5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1"}]}],"versions":["5.7.2~dfsg-8ubuntu1","5.7.2~dfsg-8ubuntu2","5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu1","5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu2","5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3","5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.1","5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.2","5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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