Security update for ipmitool

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0405-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-5208 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-5208 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ipmitool fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2020-5208: Fixed several buffer overflows (bsc#1163026).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-405=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP1-2020-405=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18-7.3.1
    • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18-7.3.1
    • ipmitool-1.8.18-7.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • ipmitool-bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18-7.3.1

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