Advisory Command

Synopsis

dnf5 advisory <subcommand> [options] [<advisory-spec>...]

Description

The advisory command in DNF5 offers several queries for getting information about advisories and packages related to them.

Optional advisory-spec arguments could be passed to filter only advisories with given names.

Subcommands

list

List available advisories.

info

Print details about advisories.

summary

Print a summary of advisories.

Options

--all

Show advisories containing any version of installed packages.

--available

Show advisories containing newer versions of installed packages. This is the default behavior.

--installed

Show advisories containing equal and older versions of installed packages.

--updates

Show advisories containing newer versions of installed packages for which a newer version is available.

--contains-pkgs=PACKAGE_NAME,...

Show only advisories containing packages with specified names.

This is a list option.

Only installed packages are matched. Globs are supported.

--security

Include content contained in security advisories.

--bugfix

Include content contained in bugfix advisories.

--enhancement

Include content contained in enhancement advisories.

--newpackage

Include content contained in newpackage advisories.

--advisory-severities=ADVISORY_SEVERITY,...

Include content contained in advisories with specified severity.

This is a list option.

Accepted values are: critical, important, moderate, low, none.

--bzs=BUGZILLA_ID,...

Include content contained in advisories that fix a ticket of the given Bugzilla ID.

This is a list option.

Expected values are numeric IDs, e.g. 123123.

Any transaction command (install, upgrade) will fail with an error if there is no advisory fixing the given ticket; this can be bypassed by using the –skip-unavailable switch.

--cves=CVE_ID,...

Include content contained in advisories that fix a ticket of the given CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) ID.

This is a list option.

Expected values are string IDs in CVE format, e.g. CVE-2201-0123.

Any transaction command (install, upgrade) will fail with an error if there is no advisory fixing the given ticket; this can be bypassed by using the –skip-unavailable switch.

--with-bz

Show only advisories referencing a Bugzilla ticket.

--with-cve

Show only advisories referencing a CVE ticket.

Examples

dnf5 advisory info FEDORA-2022-07aa56297a

Show detailed info about advisory with given name.

dnf5 advisory summary --contains-pkgs=kernel,kernel-core --with-bz

Show a summary of advisories containing kernel or kernel-core packages and referencing any Bugzilla ticket.

dnf5 advisory list --security --advisory-severities=important

Show a list of security advisories or advisories with important severity.