Vulnerability · Published Oct 9, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-42934
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in the OpenIPMI package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
OpenIPMI before 2.0.36 has an out-of-bounds array access (for authentication type) in the ipmi_sim simulator, resulting in denial of service or (with very low probability) authentication bypass or code execution.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | OpenIPMI | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:8037 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | OpenIPMI-devel | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:8037 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | OpenIPMI-lanserv | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:8037 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | OpenIPMI-libs | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:8037 |
| Debian:12 | openipmi | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42934 |
| Debian:13 | openipmi | 2.0.36-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42934 |
| Debian:14 | openipmi | 2.0.36-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42934 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | OpenIPMI | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 | RLSA-2024:8037 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openipmi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42934 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openipmi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42934 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | openipmi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42934 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L