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ipmitool — security advisory
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.
- Products
- ipmitool
- Affected versions
- 1.8.15-1ubuntu1, 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, 1.8.18-4, 1.8.18-5, 1.8.18-5build1, 1.8.18-5ubuntu0.1, 1.8.18-7ubuntu2, 1.8.18-8, 1.8.19-10ubuntu1, 1.8.19-10ubuntu2, 1.8.19-6, 1.8.19-7, 1.8.19-7.1, 1.8.19-7.1ubuntu1, 1.8.19-7.1ubuntu2, 1.8.19-7build1, 1.8.19-7build2, 1.8.19-7ubuntu0.24.04.1, 1.8.19-7ubuntu0.24.04.2, 1.8.19-7ubuntu0.24.04.3, 1.8.19-9ubuntu1, 1.8.19-9ubuntu2, 1.8.19-9ubuntu3
- Fixed versions
- 1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2, 1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-5208
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5208
ipmitool
Fixed versions: 1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1
ipmitool
Fixed versions: 1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2
ipmitool
Fixed versions: 1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1
ipmitool
Fixed versions: Not specified
ipmitool
Fixed versions: Not specified
ipmitool
Fixed versions: Not specified
ipmitool
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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