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High RHSA-2020:0984 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: ipmitool security update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode bmc-snmp-proxy 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode exchange-bmc-os-info 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ipmitool 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ipmitool-debuginfo 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server bmc-snmp-proxy 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server exchange-bmc-os-info 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ipmitool 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ipmitool-debuginfo 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation bmc-snmp-proxy 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation exchange-bmc-os-info 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ipmitool 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ipmitool-debuginfo 0:1.8.18-9.el7_7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.7

    remote code execution vulnerability in ipmitool

    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 danger…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798721
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_0984.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5208
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5208
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5208
  • article
    https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp