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Moderate Update: dmidecode Local File Overwrite in RHEL 8 RHSA-2023:5252-01

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new version of dmidecode has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, addressing a moderate security concern. Detailed assessments and implications of this update are highlighted.
An update for dmidecode is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The dmidecode packages provide utilities for extracting Intel 64 and Intel Itanium hardware information from the system BIOS or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), depending on the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, and asset tag, as well as other details, depending on the manufacturer.
Security Fix(es):
* dmidecode: dump-bin to overwrite a local file (CVE-2023-30630)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact Moderate local file overwrite dmidecode CVE-2023-30630

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30630 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: dmidecode-3.3-4.el8_8.1.src.rpm
aarch64: dmidecode-3.3-4.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm dmidecode-debuginfo-3.3-4.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm dmidecode-debugsource-3.3-4.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm
x86_64: dmidecode-3.3-4.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm dmidecode-debuginfo-3.3-4.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm dmidecode-debugsource-3.3-4.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5252-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5252
Issue date: 2023-09-19

Topic

An update for dmidecode is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact Moderate local file overwrite dmidecode CVE-2023-30630

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2186669 - CVE-2023-30630 dmidecode: dump-bin to overwrite a local file

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