Issued:

2012-06-20

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0776 - hivex bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

hivex bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated hivex packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

The hivex packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#734208)

All hivex users are advised to upgrade to these updated hivex packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• python-hivex-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.el6.i686.rpm
• hivex-1.3.3-4.el6.src.rpm
• ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• perl-hivex-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ocaml-hivex-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• hivex-1.3.3-4.el6.i686.rpm
• hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.el6.i686.rpm
• hivex-1.3.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 734208

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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