- Issued:
- 2020-03-26
- Updated:
- 2020-03-26
RHSA-2020:0979 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: ipmitool security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for ipmitool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 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
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1798721 - CVE-2020-5208 ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c
CVEs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0
SRPM | |
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ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.src.rpm | SHA-256: 612f131b03693fdaa6213bcc6bd63cec567c79135c89334701c4f1835f11d3f3 |
ppc64le | |
exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-12.el8_0.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 47338ffbbebd9c30f95f75e0967e4ec5b320a9d737f84ee35e5dab8357e3f252 |
ipmievd-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 23c3f1e799064965614d5fa876724ad4dfc44fb61b456946c71f1f24f39d6e6a |
ipmievd-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 0a418c280bf53cb3517f6e86d3de6fd0ea83565d378362b49e469873d444ad3f |
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 968925b91877de68c8602f2969e69ea6d87a6b5b68efd1e199274e51add08652 |
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: e6bf395765b1be6bdd47fcb95f475adfe4a921d9b76cfee7f2e40a9fecfc56ca |
ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 4af2f514f73a4b94a5eaa445cf281eed694a0ac9c3edcfa2146c92e82d6e0779 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0
SRPM | |
---|---|
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.src.rpm | SHA-256: 612f131b03693fdaa6213bcc6bd63cec567c79135c89334701c4f1835f11d3f3 |
x86_64 | |
exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-12.el8_0.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 47338ffbbebd9c30f95f75e0967e4ec5b320a9d737f84ee35e5dab8357e3f252 |
ipmievd-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5ecabf7f40c1e25c519034743bac27ab6876024d4dc76b5b09d616497dec134d |
ipmievd-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84988b37a1ff877cd4b0a9ab5898b49468ed68e703818e7860b6e671fd55f198 |
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6fee122da0ae299447ae7bfeeb58d12edca844f0eaa84ca4dd69473b01ead0c7 |
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3ce9ce351f72917d913e1fd64f6bc9cdcf350dfa1c9dac889dbbb041c62e0363 |
ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 10e099cb20fe5135d0aac917a08e063562fe36433badd261a9f1392bbc99bc54 |
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