SUSE-RU-2013:0246-1: Recommended update for ipmitool

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ipmitool
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0246-1
Rating:             low
References:         #604896 #614916 #729514 #739377 #761203 #767413 
                    #788393 #789624 #794160 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that has 9 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This collective update for ipmitool provides the following
   fixes:

   * Fix reading of FRU data from servers where FRU/SDR
   device #0, LUN 0 is absent (bnc#789624)
   * Fix a string handling problem in ipmi_sel.c that
   could cause a segmentation fault (bnc#788393)
   * Fix reading of sensors from some specific servers
   over lanplus (bnc#794160)
   * Handle "BCDplus" fields in FRU descriptors correctly
   * Retrieve and print sensor data records (sdr)
   correctly (bnc#761203)
   * Do not crash in fru command if the lanplus password
   is wrong (bnc#767413)
   * Do not crash (assert(0)/abort) when BMC replies with
   the wrong session id (bnc#729514)
   * Fix detection if it is no longer connected to BMC
   (bnc#739377)
   * Fix ipmitool on UV10 systems (bnc#614916)
   * Add sanity checks for erroneous SDR data (bnc#604896).

Contraindications:




Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      ipmitool-1.8.11-5.10.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      ipmitool-1.8.11-5.10.4


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/604896
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/614916
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/729514
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/739377
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761203
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/767413
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/788393
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789624
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/794160
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=85768369fae57091104464ec9cf82391