Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0588 - hivex bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

hivex bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated hivex packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Linux 6.

Description

Hive files are undocumented binary blobs that Windows uses to store the Windows Registry on the disk. Hivex is a library that can read and write to these files.

These updated hivex packages provide the following enhancement:

  • The hivex package was updated to the upstream version 1.2.3. This enhancement provides several stability improvements. (BZ#642631)

In addition, these updated hivex packages fix the following bug:

  • Due to a problem with the Perl hivex bindings in the spec file, rebuilding of source packages could have failed if compiled from the source RPM. With this update, the issue no longer occurs. (BZ#657017)

All hivex users are advised to upgrade to these updated hivex packages, which resolve this issue and add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • ocaml-hivex-devel-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hivex-devel-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hivex-debuginfo-1.2.4-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • hivex-devel-1.2.4-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • hivex-debuginfo-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ocaml-hivex-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • python-hivex-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hivex-1.2.4-3.el6.src.rpm
  • hivex-1.2.4-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • perl-hivex-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hivex-1.2.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information