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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-5997-1 Moderate: IPMItool Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey April 4, 2023
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Due to major security flaws found in IPMItool on various Ubuntu versions, users must act quickly. Follow recommended steps to secure your systems.
IPMItool could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

IPMItool could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted input.

Software Description:

- ipmitool: utility for IPMI control with kernel driver or LAN interface (dae

Details:

It was discovered that IPMItool was not properly checking the data received

from a remote LAN party. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

to cause a crash or arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  ipmitool                        1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  ipmitool                        1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  ipmitool                        1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5997-1

CVE-2020-5208

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April 04, 2023

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipmitool/1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipmitool/1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2

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