Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2025 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2025 - Bug Fix Advisory

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 7.7 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 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

Fixes

  • BZ - 1628210 - enable dmidecode to parse v3.0.2 and later type 42 blocks
  • BZ - 1664921 - dmidecode tool get AEP type "OUT OF SPEC"
  • BZ - 1688314 - need to update dmidecode to version 3.2

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 0145988246b6a28c58bac6a66b6c339af23816ec802499f3453ba5a3ee856bde
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8372a0370bd1156e9aef58c5fd7a91fc1e534f915fe25d46f0648563b7036c08
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02df2e05d2e82a1427758bbf432a8cfa992b2d91e0965ec151db84b040f0c06d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 0145988246b6a28c58bac6a66b6c339af23816ec802499f3453ba5a3ee856bde
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8372a0370bd1156e9aef58c5fd7a91fc1e534f915fe25d46f0648563b7036c08
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02df2e05d2e82a1427758bbf432a8cfa992b2d91e0965ec151db84b040f0c06d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 0145988246b6a28c58bac6a66b6c339af23816ec802499f3453ba5a3ee856bde
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8372a0370bd1156e9aef58c5fd7a91fc1e534f915fe25d46f0648563b7036c08
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02df2e05d2e82a1427758bbf432a8cfa992b2d91e0965ec151db84b040f0c06d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 0145988246b6a28c58bac6a66b6c339af23816ec802499f3453ba5a3ee856bde
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8372a0370bd1156e9aef58c5fd7a91fc1e534f915fe25d46f0648563b7036c08
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02df2e05d2e82a1427758bbf432a8cfa992b2d91e0965ec151db84b040f0c06d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 0145988246b6a28c58bac6a66b6c339af23816ec802499f3453ba5a3ee856bde
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8372a0370bd1156e9aef58c5fd7a91fc1e534f915fe25d46f0648563b7036c08
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-3.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02df2e05d2e82a1427758bbf432a8cfa992b2d91e0965ec151db84b040f0c06d

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