{"id":"USN-5997-1","summary":"ipmitool vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that IPMItool was not properly checking the data received\nfrom a remote LAN party. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\nto cause a crash or arbitrary code execution.\n","modified":"2026-05-20T16:06:07.177825336Z","published":"2023-04-04T19:01:03Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5208"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-5208","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5208"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5997-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5208"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ipmitool","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipmitool?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1","binary_name":"ipmitool"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5997-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ipmitool","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipmitool?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1.8.18-4","1.8.18-5","1.8.18-5build1","1.8.18-5ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"ipmitool"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"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"}],"id":"CVE-2020-5208"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5997-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ipmitool","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipmitool?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.8.18-7ubuntu2","1.8.18-8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"ipmitool"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"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"}],"id":"CVE-2020-5208"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5997-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}