[RHSA-2020:0979-01] Important: ipmitool security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: ipmitool security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2020:0979-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0979
Issue date:        2020-03-26
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-5208 
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1. Summary:

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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 AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):

Source:
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.src.rpm

aarch64:
ipmievd-1.8.18-12.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ipmievd-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-12.el8_0.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
exchange-bmc-os-info-1.8.18-12.el8_0.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
ipmievd-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
ipmievd-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-12.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
ipmievd-1.8.18-12.el8_0.s390x.rpm
ipmievd-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.s390x.rpm
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.s390x.rpm
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.s390x.rpm
ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-12.el8_0.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ipmievd-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
ipmievd-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
ipmitool-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-12.el8_0.x86_64.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 at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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