RHSA-2023:5252 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: dmidecode security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 19, 2023
Updated · April 30, 2026
Topic
An update for dmidecode is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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.
Security Fix(es):
- dmidecode: dump-bin to overwrite a local file (CVE-2023-30630)
For 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.