RHEA-2014:1208 - 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

• 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1048920 - dmidecode in rhel5 does not fully support SMBIOS 2.8 on HP gen8

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)