CVE-2020-5208
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.29% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- ipmitool project/ipmitool · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.