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CVE-2020-5208 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-5208: 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 us

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-5208 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-10.1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ipmitool

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-10.1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ipmitool

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-10.1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ipmitool

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-r9
    apk update && apk add --upgrade ipmitool

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-r9
    apk update && apk add --upgrade ipmitool

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-r9
    apk update && apk add --upgrade ipmitool

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-r9
    apk update && apk add --upgrade ipmitool

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

  • ipmitool→ fixed in1.8.18-r9
    apk update && apk add --upgrade ipmitool
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