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Critical Security Update RHSA-2020-2286-01 for ipmitool Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical notification regarding ipmitool resolves a significant buffer overflow vulnerability for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Implement without delay.
An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_6.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.ppc64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.s390x.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.aarch64.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ipmitool-1.8.18-9.el7_6.s390x.rpm ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-9.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
noarch: bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_6.noarch.rpm exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_6.noarch.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2286-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2286
Issue date: 2020-05-26

Topic

An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6Extended Update Support.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important ipmitool

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server 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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