Issued:
2023-09-19
Updated:
2023-09-19

RHSA-2023:5252 - Moderate: dmidecode security update

Synopsis

Moderate: dmidecode security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

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 impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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.

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_648x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle8.10x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 648aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.8aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle8.10aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.8x86_64

Updated Packages

  • dmidecode-3.3-4.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm
  • dmidecode-debuginfo-3.3-4.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm
  • dmidecode-3.3-4.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • dmidecode-debuginfo-3.3-4.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • dmidecode-3.3-4.el8_8.1.src.rpm
  • dmidecode-debugsource-3.3-4.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm
  • dmidecode-debugsource-3.3-4.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information