Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2015-5621 is a remotely reachable net-snmp parsing flaw. A crafted SNMP packet can crash affected services and the CVE description says arbitrary code execution may be possible. For executives, the immediate risk is outage of monitoring or network-management functions on systems exposing SNMP. Exposure is most likely on Linux, Unix, appliances, and network-management components running net-snmp 5.7.2 or earlier, especially where SNMP is reachable from untrusted networks. Vendor advisories exist for major distributions and some products, so appliance dependencies should be checked. Prioritize remediation where SNMP is internet-facing, crosses trust boundaries, or supports critical monitoring. Internal-only systems still need routine patching because a successful attack can disrupt visibility and operations. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor security updates for net-snmp on affected operating systems.; Upgrade or patch net-snmp beyond affected 5.7.2-and-earlier builds.; Restrict SNMP access to trusted management hosts and networks..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 45547CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212408CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- DSA-4154CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2615/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-978220.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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