CVE-2023-30630

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. NOTE: Some third parties have indicated the fix in 3.5 does not adequately address the vulnerability. The argument is that the proposed patch prevents dmidecode from writing to an existing file. However, there are multiple attack vectors that would not require overwriting an existing file that would provide the same level of unauthorized privilege escalation (e.g. creating a new file in /etc/cron.hourly).

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Mitigation

Do not configure sudoers file to allow running dmidecode with elevated privileges.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dmidecode	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation
cpu-x	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

cpu-x embedds dmidecode source

mdeslaur

This CVE relies on an improbable non-default configuration of allowing an unprivileged user to run demidecode under sudo with a specific insecure configuration in the sudoers file. Using dmidecode in such a manner is no different than allowing any other tool to unexpectedly run with elevated privileges. Setting priority to low. The upstream commits listed below only prevent overwriting a file as root, but still allows creating arbitrary files as root so using dmidecode with elevated privileges via sudoers is still unsafe.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
dmidecode	Upstream: ?id=6ca Upstream: ?id=d8c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H