| Name | CVE-2023-30630 |
| Description | Dmidecode before 3.5 allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via Sudo is plausible. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1034483 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dmidecode (PTS) | jessie | 2.12-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3.0-4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.3-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.4-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3.6-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dmidecode | source | (unstable) | 3.5-1 | unimportant | | 1034483 |
Notes
https://github.com/adamreiser/dmiwrite
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/dmidecode-devel/2023-03/msg00003.html
https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/dmidecode.git/commit/?id=d8cfbc808f387e87091c25e7d5b8c2bb348bb206
https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/dmidecode.git/commit/?id=6ca381c1247c81f74e1ca4e7706f70bdda72e6f2
Negligible security impact, a user-controlled file overwrite should not receive a CVE in general
[stretch] - dmidecode <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - dmidecode <no-dsa> (Minor issue)