Issued:

2013-11-20

Updated:

2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1649 - grub bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

grub bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated grub packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The grub packages provide GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader), a boot loader capable of booting a wide variety of operating systems.

These updated grub packages include several bug fixes and one enhancement. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/grub.html#RHBA-2013-1649

Users of grub are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• grub-0.97-83.el6.src.rpm
• grub-debuginfo-0.97-83.el6.i686.rpm
• grub-debuginfo-0.97-83.el6.x86_64.rpm
• grub-0.97-83.el6.x86_64.rpm
• grub-0.97-83.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 854652
• This content is not included.BZ - 916016
• This content is not included.BZ - 922705
• This content is not included.BZ - 928938

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/grub.html#RHBA-2013-1649

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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