{
  "cveId": "CVE-2020-5208",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5208",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-5208 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by ipmitool 1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2, released February 5, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "ipmitool: The ipmitool packages contain a command-line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platfo...",
  "description": "The ipmitool packages contain a command-line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c (CVE-2020-5208)\n\nFor 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.",
  "published": "2020-02-05T06:15:00Z",
  "severity": "Important",
  "cvss": 8.8,
  "epss": 0.0329,
  "epssPercentile": 0.88555,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "exchange-bmc-os-info",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.8.18-12.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0981",
      "released": "2020-03-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "exchange-bmc-os-info",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.8.18-12.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0981",
      "released": "2020-03-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ipmievd",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.8.18-12.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0981",
      "released": "2020-03-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ipmievd",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.8.18-12.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0981",
      "released": "2020-03-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ipmitool",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.8.18-12.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0981",
      "released": "2020-03-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ipmitool",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2",
      "fix": "ipmitool 1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ipmitool-1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2",
      "released": "2020-02-05T06:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ipmitool",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "ipmitool 1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-ipmitool-1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2020-02-05T06:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ipmitool",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.8.18-12.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0981",
      "released": "2020-03-26T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}