CVE-2020-5208
ipmitool - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.9%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-5208
To remediate CVE-2020-5208, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.18-10.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.14-4+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.18-3+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2020-5208 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.8.18-10.1
- from 0, < 1.8.14-4+deb8u1
- from 0, < 1.8.18-3+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |