ubuntu-cve-2020-5208
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-02-05 14:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:51
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
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            "binary_version": "1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1.8.15-1ubuntu2",
        "1.8.15-1ubuntu3",
        "1.8.16-2ubuntu2",
        "1.8.16-3",
        "1.8.16-3ubuntu0.1",
        "1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ipmitool",
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        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "ipmitool",
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "ipmitool",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipmitool@1.8.19-9ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
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        "1.8.19-7.1ubuntu2",
        "1.8.19-9ubuntu1",
        "1.8.19-9ubuntu2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "exchange-bmc-os-info",
            "binary_version": "1.8.19-10ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ipmitool",
            "binary_version": "1.8.19-10ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "ipmitool",
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      },
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        "1.8.19-10ubuntu1"
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It\u0027s 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5208",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:51:56Z",
  "published": "2020-02-05T14:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5208"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5997-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5208"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-5997-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-5208"
  ]
}



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