Ubuntu Security Update USN-4471-2: Net-SNMP regression

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USN-4471-1 fixed a vulnerability in Net-SNMP. The updated introduced a regression making nsExtendCacheTime not settable. This update fixes the problem adding the cacheTime feature flag. Original advisory details: Tobias Neitzel discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2020-15861) It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15862)

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