CVE-2020-5208 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-5208 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 05/02/2020 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: ipmitool | Product: ipmitool
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2020-5208 Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.7 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* NONE

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-120
CWE Name: CWE-120 Buffer Overflow
Source: ipmitool

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).