Issued:

2014-09-16

Updated:

2014-09-16

RHEA-2014:1208 - dmidecode enhancement update

Synopsis

dmidecode enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated dmidecode packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The dmidecode packages provide 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.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• The dmidecode package has been upgraded to version 2.12, which adds support for SMBIOS specification version 2.8 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#1048920)

Users of dmidecode are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• dmidecode-2.12-1.el5.src.rpm
• dmidecode-2.12-1.el5.ia64.rpm
• dmidecode-2.12-1.el5.i386.rpm
• dmidecode-2.12-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• dmidecode-debuginfo-2.12-1.el5.i386.rpm
• dmidecode-debuginfo-2.12-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• dmidecode-debuginfo-2.12-1.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1048920

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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