Fwd: [Freeipmi-announce] FreeIPMI 1.6.20 Released

[Chad Dougherty <crd () andrew cmu edu>]

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Subject:        [Freeipmi-announce] FreeIPMI 1.6.20 Released
Date:   Mon, 5 Oct 2026 20:56:51 +0000
From:   Chu, Al via Freeipmi-announce <freeipmi-announce () gnu org>
Reply-To:       Chu, Al <chu11 () llnl gov>
To: 	freeipmi-devel <freeipmi-devel () gnu org>, Al Chu via Freeipmi-users 
<freeipmi-users () gnu org>, freeipmi-announce () gnu org 
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Please note that this release has fixes for two buffer overflows.

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.6.20.tar.gz 
<https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.6.20.tar.gz>

FreeIPMI 1.6.20 - 10/05/26
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o The format specifier %h was used for two different format fields.
   Use %H as target host specifier.
o Fix minor output errors in Intel Node Manager DIMMs and Windmill
   device IDs.
o Fix ipmi-oem command line parsing bugs.
o In ipmi-oem, fix error in with wistron get/set-ipv6-trap-settings.
o In ipmi-oem, fix output error in dell get-system-info cmc-info.
o In libipmidetect fix potential hostname sscanf bound overflow.
o In ipmi-oem fujitsu get-sel-entry-long-text, fix potential memory
   buffer overflow.
o Fix ipmiconsole workaround flag parsing issues.
o Fix minor libfreeipmi corner cases (e.g. parameter input corner cases).
o Fix minor SEL output corner cases in several OEM vendors.
o Fix libfreeipmi macro inconsistencies / errors.
o Minor documentation fixes.

Al

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Al Chu
Livermore Computing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory