Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0473 - syslinux bug fix update

Synopsis

syslinux bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated syslinux packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The syslinux utility is responsible for booting the operating system kernel.

This update fixes the following bug:

• A Coverity test revealed several static overruns in the creation of "hybrid" ISO images, which could lead to incorrect images being created. This bug has been fixed to correctly produce "hybrid" ISO images. (BZ#812034)

All users of syslinux are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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

• syslinux-4.02-8.el6.i686.rpm
• syslinux-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• syslinux-perl-4.02-8.el6.i686.rpm
• syslinux-perl-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• syslinux-extlinux-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• syslinux-debuginfo-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• syslinux-debuginfo-4.02-8.el6.i686.rpm
• syslinux-devel-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• syslinux-devel-4.02-8.el6.i686.rpm
• syslinux-tftpboot-4.02-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
• syslinux-tftpboot-4.02-8.el6.i686.rpm
• syslinux-4.02-8.el6.src.rpm
• syslinux-extlinux-4.02-8.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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