Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager has addressed the following vulnerability in net-SNMP component used.
Vulnerability Details
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 Product(s) | Version(s) |
| ISPIM | 2.0.2 |
| ISPIM | 2.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | Remediation |
| IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager | 2.1.0 - 2.1.0.14 | 2.1.0-ISS-ISPIM-VA-IF0014 |
| IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager | 2.0.2 - 2.0.2.14 | 2.0.2-ISS-ISPIM-VA-IF0014 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
29 Jul 2021: 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:
04 August 2021
UID
ibm16478049