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Bug 1799039 - CVE-2020-5208 ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in lib/ipmi_fru.c
Summary: CVE-2020-5208 ipmitool: Buffer overflow in read_fru_area_section function in ...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ipmitool
Version: 8.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.3
Assignee: Vaclav Dolezal
QA Contact: Rachel Sibley
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: CVE-2020-5208
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-02-06 13:58 UTC by Vaclav Dolezal
Modified: 2023-04-11 15:34 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ipmitool-1.8.18-14.el8
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Clone Of: CVE-2020-5208
Environment:
Last Closed: 2020-04-28 15:45:09 UTC
Type: ---
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-37165 0 None None None 2023-04-11 15:34:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2020:1642 0 None None None 2020-04-28 15:45:15 UTC

Description Vaclav Dolezal 2020-02-06 13:58:40 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1798721 +++

It's been found that multiple functions in ipmitool before 1.8.19 neglect proper checking of the data received from a remote LAN party, which may lead to buffer overflows and potentially to remote code execution on the ipmitool side. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2

References:

https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp

--- Additional comment from Pedro Sampaio on 2020-02-05 21:01:57 UTC ---

Created ipmitool tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1798722]

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 15:45:09 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:1642


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