[RHSA-2023:5061-01] Moderate: dmidecode security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: dmidecode security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2023:5061-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5061
Issue date:        2023-09-12
CVE Names:         CVE-2023-30630 
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1. Summary:

An update for dmidecode is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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. 9) - 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. 9):

Source:
dmidecode-3.3-7.el9_2.1.src.rpm

aarch64:
dmidecode-3.3-7.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.3-7.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
dmidecode-debugsource-3.3-7.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm

x86_64:
dmidecode-3.3-7.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.3-7.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
dmidecode-debugsource-3.3-7.el9_2.1.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 at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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