Recommended update for ipmitool

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ipmitool
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1395-1
Rating: moderate
References: #828711
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update changes the default cipher suite used on IPMIv2
    lanplus connections to RAKP-HMAC-SHA1 (authentication),
    HMAC-SHA1-96 (integrity) and AES-CBC-128 (encryption).
    These are the same algorithms used by ipmitool on SUSE
    Linux Enterprise 11 SP2.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ipmitool-8073
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ipmitool-8073
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ipmitool-8073

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.12-0.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.12-0.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.12-0.17.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/828711
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0daef82bf5aab2f29e62f0245572d716