- Issued:
- 2011-07-21
- Updated:
- 2011-07-21
RHEA-2011:0988 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
dmidecode enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated dmidecode package that provides one enhancement is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The dmidecode package provides utilities for extracting x86 and Intel Itanium
hardware information from the system BIOS or EFI, depending on the SMBIOS/DMI
standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name,
serial number, BIOS version, and asset tag.
The dmidecode package has been upgraded to version 2.11, which updates support
for SMBIOS specification version 2.7. (BZ#661864)
Users of dmidecode are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds
this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 10525a173d948ba8db34ba5e4b4e0e5d63209f198254886939e3d1ffc60d5938 |
x86_64 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4f2d5b11b2da7229d3d33f88808e3f8613221c37116b2599baf3ad4c81179af |
ia64 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bb2fcf906c7f52bc7249428c449be24a6d10cbe265df67e92ba7c368ff0f73c3 |
i386 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a333cf926c925868dabd0d8f391c149be8faec75bf7216324b936eeda0c4e50c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 10525a173d948ba8db34ba5e4b4e0e5d63209f198254886939e3d1ffc60d5938 |
x86_64 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4f2d5b11b2da7229d3d33f88808e3f8613221c37116b2599baf3ad4c81179af |
i386 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a333cf926c925868dabd0d8f391c149be8faec75bf7216324b936eeda0c4e50c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 10525a173d948ba8db34ba5e4b4e0e5d63209f198254886939e3d1ffc60d5938 |
x86_64 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4f2d5b11b2da7229d3d33f88808e3f8613221c37116b2599baf3ad4c81179af |
i386 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a333cf926c925868dabd0d8f391c149be8faec75bf7216324b936eeda0c4e50c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 10525a173d948ba8db34ba5e4b4e0e5d63209f198254886939e3d1ffc60d5938 |
x86_64 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4f2d5b11b2da7229d3d33f88808e3f8613221c37116b2599baf3ad4c81179af |
i386 | |
dmidecode-2.11-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: a333cf926c925868dabd0d8f391c149be8faec75bf7216324b936eeda0c4e50c |
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