Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
remote code execution vulnerability in ipmitool
CVE-2020-5208
Description
It's been found that multiple functions in ipmitool before 1.8.19 neglect proper checking of the data received from a remote LAN party, which may lead to buffer overflows and potentially to remote code execution on the ipmitool side. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.
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Affected products
23- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ipmitool&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/ipmitool&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/ipmitool&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 1.8.18-lp151.4.3.1+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18.238.gb7adc1d-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.15-0.30.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.18-5.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cpmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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