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AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: freeipmi / freeipmi-bmc-watchdog / freeipmi-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1793791113)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 375879

Synopsis

The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1793791113 advisory.

 - FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _ipmi_sel_oem_fujitsu_get_sel_entry_long_text in libfreeipmi/sel/ipmi-sel-string-fujitsu-irmc-common.c via malformed Fujitsu SEL long-text responses.
 (CVE-2026-85504)

 - ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in
 _output_dell_system_info_cmc_ipv6_info in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c (cmc-ipv6-info subcommand to dell get- system-info). (CVE-2026-85508)

 - FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _read_fru_data in libfreeipmi/fru/ipmi-fru.c when a BMC returns more bytes than requested. (CVE-2026-85509)

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 TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1793791113.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1793791113

http://www.nessus.org/u?751313df

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 375879

File Name: tuxcare_alma_linux_9.2_CLSA-2026-1793791113.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/4/2026

Updated: 11/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.38

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-85504, CVE-2026-85508, CVE-2026-85509

CLSA: 2026:1793791113