Issued:: 2017-08-01
Updated:: 2017-08-01

RHBA-2017:1858 - Bug Fix Advisory

Overview
Updated Packages

Synopsis

dmidecode bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for dmidecode is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The dmidecode packages provide utilities for extracting Intel 64 and Intel Itanium hardware information from the system BIOS or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), depending on the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, and asset tag, as well as other details, depending on the manufacturer.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of dmidecode are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

BZ - 1384195 - dmidecode failing with rhel7.3
BZ - 1421971 - dmidecode has 2 SMBIOS 3.0 entries

CVEs

(none)

References

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4

SRPM
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0e3896e5a455e1df4b5d4555b56cb8869e5f3212dc0b554d9b6a319221875f9
x86_64
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 19db50f16d67cd501853938633d11a1ff7087d776543bd330e1621d61938ff64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e92d1eeeb2ccbb21340d2037f7d8ce496a7a7c091c6ac4f6abddb9cbace6c69

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