RedHat: RHSA-2023-5252:01 Moderate: dmidecode security update
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.
Summary
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
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/
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.
Topic
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