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GLSA-202407-26 : Dmidecode: Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 203717

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-26 (Dmidecode: Privilege Escalation)

 Dmidecode -dump-bin can overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via sudo is plausible.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Dmidecode users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-apps/dmidecode-3.5

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-26

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=905093

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 203717

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202407-26.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2024

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30630

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dmidecode, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30630