CVE-2020-5208
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.29%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 88
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-120
- CWE-120
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.html
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.html
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2
- https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03
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