Source: ipmitool Version: 1.8.18-8 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Control: found -1 1.8.18-6 Control: found -1 1.8.18-3
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for ipmitool. CVE-2020-5208[0]: | 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5208 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5208 [1] https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp [2] https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2 Regards, Salvatore
