A net-snmp security and bug fix update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0.
RHSA-2020:5201-01: Important: net-snmp security and bug fix update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: net-snmp security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5201-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5201
Issue date: 2020-11-24
CVE Names: CVE-2020-15862
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1. Summary:
An update for net-snmp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0
Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP), including an SNMP library, an
extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP
agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the
netstat command which uses SNMP, and a Tk/Perl Management Information Base
(MIB) browser.
Security Fix(es):
* net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to
privileged commands execution (CVE-2020-15862)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* net-snmp flood messages file with 'ipaddress_linux: could not open
/proc/net/if_inet6: No such file or directory' if ipv6 is disabled on the
system. (BZ#1755818)
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1873038 - CVE-2020-15862 net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to privileged commands execution
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):
aarch64:
net-snmp-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
net-snmp-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
net-snmp-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
net-snmp-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-devel-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.0):
Source:
net-snmp-5.8-7.el8_0.4.src.rpm
aarch64:
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-debugsource-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-libs-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-libs-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-perl-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.i686.rpm
net-snmp-utils-debuginfo-5.8-7.el8_0.4.x86_64.rpm
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https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15862
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
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