Updated hivex packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More...]

====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: hivex security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2015:1378-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1378.html
Issue date:        2015-07-22
Updated on:        2015-02-27
CVE Names:         CVE-2014-9273 
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1. Summary:

Updated hivex packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

3. Description:

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

It was found that hivex attempted to read, and possibly write, beyond its
allocated buffer when reading a hive file with a very small size or with a
truncated or improperly formatted content. An attacker able to supply a
specially crafted hive file to an application using the hivex library could
possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running that application. (CVE-2014-9273)

Red Hat would like to thank Mahmoud Al-Qudsi of NeoSmart Technologies for
reporting this issue.

This update also fixes the following bug:

* The hivex(3) man page previously contained a typographical error. This
update fixes the typo. (BZ#1164693)

All hivex users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

4. Solution:

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1158993 - CVE-2014-9273 hivex: missing checks for small/truncated files [rhel-6.7]
1164693 - typo error in man page Win::Hivex.3pm.gz
1167756 - CVE-2014-9273 hivex: missing checks for small-sized files

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.src.rpm

x86_64:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perl-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.src.rpm

x86_64:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perl-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.src.rpm

x86_64:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perl-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.src.rpm

x86_64:
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perl-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-debuginfo-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.i686.rpm
hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-hivex-1.3.3-4.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9273
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

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