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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: ipmitool security update
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
CVE Names: CVE-2020-5208
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1. Summary:
An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
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.
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1798721 – CVE-2020-5208 ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c
6. 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-9.el7_6.noarch.rpm
exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-9.el7_6.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5208
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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