RHBA-2012:1406 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated OpenIPMI packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The OpenIPMI packages provide command-line tools and utilities to access
platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).
System administrators can use OpenIPMI to manage systems and to perform system
health monitoring.

This update fixes the following bug:

• In cases of congested network or slow-responding BMC (Baseboard Management

Controller), the reply operation timeout triggered the protocol command retry
action. Consequently, the ipmitool utility could incorrectly process a LAN
session protocol command with the reply from a previous protocol command. This
update fixes handling of expected replies for each command alone and cleans up
expected replies between commands. Now, the retried reply of the first command
is correctly ignored while the later command, which is currently pending, is
properly processed in the described scenario. (BZ#867008)

Users of OpenIPMI are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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