USN-4471-2: net-snmp Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 01-09-2020Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-4471-2 is a vulnerability in net-snmp Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CVE-2020-15862

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

net-snmp regression USN-4471-1 fixed a vulnerability in Net-SNMP. The updated introduced a regression making nsExtendCacheTime not settable. This update fixes the problem adding the cacheTime feature flag. Original advisory details: Tobias Neitzel discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2020-15861) It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15862)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • net-snmp< 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm2 | < 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6 | < 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.6

1 vendor · 1 product

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