Buffer overflow in Ipmitool
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. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ipmitool — versions unspecified
- Ipmitool Project — versions 1.8.18
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-5208?
- CVE-2020-5208 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ipmitool, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-02-05.
- How severe is CVE-2020-5208?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.