SUSE-RU-2013:1460-1: Recommended update for python-dmidecode

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for python-dmidecode
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:1460-1
Rating:             low
References:         #823328 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

Description:


   This update for python-dmidecode fixes a segmentation fault
   that was caused  by missing checks for null DMI strings.


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slesctsp2-python-dmidecode-7986

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-dmidecode-7987

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-dmidecode-7987

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-python-dmidecode-7986

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-python-dmidecode-7986

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-python-dmidecode-7987

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-python-dmidecode-7986

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1

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

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1

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

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1

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

      python-dmidecode-3.10.11-0.10.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/823328
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=10d016559347835b137da717aaeca932
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=46d83829967c9af3d4f88d9673d5313a