Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: freeipmi / freeipmi-bmc-watchdog / freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_89753)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 372948

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_89753 advisory.

* FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via malformed Fujitsu System Event Log responses (CVE-2026-85504)

* FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-85507)

* FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem (CVE-2026-85506)

* FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-85509)

* FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Denial of Service via stack-based buffer over-read in ipmi-oem (CVE-2026-85505)

* freeipmi: FreeIPMI: stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem Dell system info handler (CVE-2026-85508)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Update freeipmi to 1.6.20 to fix two potential buffer overflows [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-279523)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_89753.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 372948

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_89753.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-85509

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-85504, CVE-2026-85505, CVE-2026-85506, CVE-2026-85507, CVE-2026-85508, CVE-2026-85509

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