Recommended update for ipmitool

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1798-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ipmitool fixes the following issues:

  • Deprecated the use of /var/run. Moved to /run now (bsc#1185162)
  • Fixed a delay when trying to identify the appropriate cipher suite (bsc#1179133)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1798=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1798=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-1798=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP3-2021-1798=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ipmitool-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
    • ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
    • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ipmitool-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
    • ipmitool-debugsource-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
    • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • ipmitool-bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • ipmitool-bmc-snmp-proxy-1.8.18+git20200204.7ccea28-3.3.1

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