Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.

Brocade Fabric OS

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01 August 2023

01 August 2023

CLOSED

LOW

7.8 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-15861

Brocade Security Advisory ID

BSA-2023-1895

Component

Net-SNMP

 

 

Summary

Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.

 

Products Confirmed Not Affected

No Brocade Fibre Channel products are affected by this vulnerability

 

Solution

While Brocade Fabric OS is not vulnerable to this exploit, a security scan may report that a vulnerable vesrion of Net-SNMP is detected. 

Net-SNMP was updated in Fabric OS v9.2.0

 

 

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

August 1, 2023

 

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