{"id":"ALSA-2023:5252","summary":"Moderate: dmidecode security update","details":"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.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* dmidecode: dump-bin to overwrite a local file (CVE-2023-30630)\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.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:18:47.275456Z","published":"2023-09-19T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2023-30630"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5252"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30630"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2186669"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5252.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dmidecode","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/dmidecode"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.3-4.el8_8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:5252.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}