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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020-0984-01 Critical Update for ipmitool

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A crucial ipmitool security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tackles a significant buffer overflow vulnerability effectively.
An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, the IPMI event daemon (ipmievd) will be restarted automatically.

Summary

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.
Security Fix(es):
* ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c (CVE-2020-5208)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update buffer overflow important ipmitool

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5208 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_7.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.ppc64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.s390x.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_7.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_7.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_7.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_7.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0984-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0984
Issue date: 2020-03-26

Topic

An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update buffer overflow important ipmitool

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1798721 - CVE-2020-5208 ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c

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