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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: ipmitool security update
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
CVE Names: CVE-2020-5208
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1. Summary:

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.

2. 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

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. 7.5):

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/

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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