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Gentoo: GLSA-202407-26 Normal: Dmidecode Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A routine severity notification concerning Dmidecode highlights a privilege escalation risk. Please update to the most recent version.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Dmidecode, which can lead to privilege escalation.

Summary

Dmidecode -dump-bin can overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via sudo is plausible.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation normal dmidecode

Resolution

All Dmidecode users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dmidecode-3.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-30630 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30630

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-26
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Dmidecode: Privilege Escalation
Date: July 24, 2024
Bugs: #905093
ID: 202407-26

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation normal dmidecode

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Dmidecode, which can lead to privilege escalation.

Background

Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard (see a sample output). This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ sys-apps/dmidecode < 3.5 >= 3.5

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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