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Mageia 8: MGASA-2023-0180 Critical: Dmidecode Local File Overwrite

mageia
Calendar Grey May 21, 2023
Dist Mageia Esm H88
DMGASA-2023-0192 enhances netstat to address a severe vulnerabilities linked to unauthorized access. Discover further details.
Dmidecode allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file

Summary

Dmidecode allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via Sudo is plausible. (CVE-2023-30630)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31883

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2023-April/014548.html

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30630

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical local file overwrite issue mageia type of threat dmidecode

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/dmidecode-3.5-1.mga8

Severity
critical
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Critical

Publication date: 21 May 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0180.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-30630

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical local file overwrite issue mageia type of threat dmidecode

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