Issued:
2014-10-14
Updated:
2014-10-14

RHBA-2014:1624 - ipmitool bug fix update

Synopsis

ipmitool bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ipmitool packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ipmitool packages contain a command line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the ipmitool default timeout values signified a time period which was too short. As a consequence, during retries, the ipmitool utility could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault, or could produce a nonsensical error message. With this update, the ipmitool options passed from environment variable are parsed correctly from IPMITOOL_OPTS and IPMI_OPTS variables, IPMITOOL_* taking precedence over IPMI_* variables. As a result, ipmitool no longer crashes in the described situation. (BZ#1147593)

Users of ipmitool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug. After installing this update, the IPMI event daemon (ipmievd) will be restarted automatically.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) - AUS6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-21.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-21.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-21.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-21.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-21.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-21.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-21.el6.src.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-21.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-21.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information