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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Net-SNMP affects Netcool/OMNIbus SNMP Probe (CVE-2020-15861, CVE-2020-15862)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Net-SNMP library is consumed by IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus SNMP Probe. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting Net-SNMP library has been published.

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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected component

Version
Netcool/OMNIbus SNMP Probenco-p-mttrapd-21_0 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Updated component Version
Netcool/OMNIbus SNMP Probenco-p-mttrapd-22_0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
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Change History

30 Oct 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 November 2020

Initial Publish date:
30 October 2020

UID

ibm16358289

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