Bug 2528465 - CVE-2026-85508 freeipmi: FreeIPMI: stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem Dell system info handler [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-85508 freeipmi: FreeIPMI: stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem De...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: freeipmi
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Pavel Cahyna
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["3b87d242-0220-426a-8b0b-8...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-85508
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Reported: 2026-09-04 10:43 UTC by Samuele Negrini
Modified: 2026-09-18 00:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: freeipmi-1.6.19-1.fc45
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Last Closed: 2026-09-18 00:16:56 UTC
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Description Samuele Negrini 2026-09-04 10:43:44 UTC 
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _output_dell_system_info_cmc_ipv6_info in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c (cmc-ipv6-info subcommand to dell get-system-info).
Comment 1 Pavel Cahyna 2026-09-11 15:16:59 UTC 
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/freeipmi/pull-request/6
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-09-14 11:06:41 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-abe39f1809 (freeipmi-1.6.19-1.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-abe39f1809
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-09-15 01:27:18 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-abe39f1809 has been pushed to the Fedora 45 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-abe39f1809`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-abe39f1809

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-09-18 00:16:56 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-abe39f1809 (freeipmi-1.6.19-1.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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