DSA-4746-1 net-snmp -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4746-1 net-snmp -- security update

Date Reported:

15 Aug 2020

Affected Packages:

net-snmp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 965166, Bug 966599.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-15861, CVE-2020-15862.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in net-snmp, a suite of Simple Network Management Protocol applications, which could lead to privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 5.7.3+dfsg-5+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your net-snmp packages.

For the detailed security status of net-snmp please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/net-snmp