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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15861
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
net-snmp
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8+dfsg-5"}]}]
Debian:13
net-snmp
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8+dfsg-5"}]}]
Debian:14
net-snmp
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8+dfsg-5"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org