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Posted on 19 September 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: dmidecode security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5252-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5252
Issue date: 2023-09-19
CVE Names: CVE-2023-30630
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1. Summary:
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, x86_64
3. 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.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2186669 - CVE-2023-30630 dmidecode: dump-bin to overwrite a local file
6. 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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30630
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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