Oracle Linux 8 : ipmitool (ELSA-2020-0981)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135001

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2020:0981 :

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0981 advisory.

- ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c (CVE-2020-5208)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ipmitool packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135001

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-0981.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/30/2020

Updated: 3/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5208

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:exchange-bmc-os-info, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipmievd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipmitool, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5208

RHSA: 2020:0981

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