The vulnerability of the `read_fru_area_section` function in the `lib/ipmi_fru.c` file of the device management and configuration utility `ipmitool`, related to the issue of operations exceeding the buffer limit in memory, allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code.
🗓️ 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 158 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package ipmitool version 1.8.18-alt4 | 3 Jun 202100:00 | – | altlinux |
 | Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by multiple vulnerabilities | 9 Apr 202103:15 | – | ibm |
| Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2020-5208) | 27 Jul 202009:20 | – | ibm |
 | Amazon Linux 2 : ipmitool (ALAS-2020-1420) | 7 May 202000:00 | – | nessus |
| Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0046: ipmitool (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0046) | 14 May 202500:00 | – | nessus |
| CentOS 8 : ipmitool (CESA-2020:0981) | 1 Feb 202100:00 | – | nessus |
| CentOS 7 : ipmitool (RHSA-2020:0984) | 22 May 202000:00 | – | nessus |
| CentOS 6 : ipmitool (RHSA-2020:1331) | 10 Apr 202000:00 | – | nessus |
| Debian DLA-2098-1 : ipmitool security update | 10 Feb 202000:00 | – | nessus |
| Debian DLA-2699-1 : ipmitool - LTS security update | 1 Jul 202100:00 | – | nessus |
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CVSS 38.8
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