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RedHat: RHSA-2020-1486-01 Important: Ipmitool Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2020
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Protect your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 system by applying the latest ipmitool upgrades to mitigate serious security vulnerabilities. Take action today!

An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow important red hat enterprise linux ipmitool remote power control

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 EUS (v. 7.5):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.ppc64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.s390x.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_5.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1486-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1486
Issue date: 2020-04-16

Topic

An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow important red hat enterprise linux ipmitool remote power control

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - 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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