Issued:
2020-05-26
Updated:
2020-05-26

RHSA-2020:2276 - Important: ipmitool security update

Synopsis

Important: ipmitool security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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.

Description

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.

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.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.3ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.3x86_64

Updated Packages

  • exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.15-8.el7_3.noarch.rpm
  • bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.15-8.el7_3.noarch.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.15-8.el7_3.src.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.15-8.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.15-8.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.15-8.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.15-8.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information