SUSE-RU-2013:0249-1: Recommended update for ipmitool

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ipmitool
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0249-1
Rating:             low
References:         #788393 #789624 #794160 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has three 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.

Contraindications:



Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ipmitool-7280

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ipmitool-7280

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-ipmitool-7280

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.20.2


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/788393
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789624
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/794160
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=adab244ad0694f57eb15343770b9a4d8