RHBA-2007:0681 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated OpenIPMI package that fixes several bugs and and provides
various enhancements are now available.

Description

The OpenIPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) provides command
line tools and utilities to access platform information for system
administrators to monitor system health and manage systems.

The updated OpenIPMI package updates the tool to the most recent upstream
version (1.8.9). This new version includes a number of bug fixes and new
features required for IBM xSeries servers.

Bugs fixed in the updated package include:

• bugs in the way LUNs are handled over LAN interfaces.
• Make ipmievd generates a pidfile.
• a segmentation fault in sensor data repository list.
• ipmievd opens the interface before starting the daemon service.
• a bug in ipmi-over-LAN is fixed.
• characters sent via Serial Over LAN(SOL) could become corrupted or

garbled.

• numerous Serial Over LAN(SOL) bug fixes.
• bug fix for write-commit response.
• ipmievd open mode bug fix.

Enhancements added in the updated package include:

• a new option(-p) to hide authentication keys and passwords from ps

listings.

• support for IPMIv2 Firmware Firewall.
• support for IBM OEM SEL messages.
• support for setting VLAN id and priority.
• IPMIv2 SOL loopback test functionality.
• LUN support to OpenIPMI interface.
• initiation scripts for ipmievd.

All users of the OpenIPMI package are encouraged to upgrade to the
updated package.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 235198 - ipmitool doesn't propose to hide the key as '-a' does for password.

CVEs

(none)

References

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