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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-07bf1cb156
2016-08-29 15:40:27.867934
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Name : perl-Digest-SHA
Product : Fedora 23
Version : 5.96
Release : 1.fc23
URL :
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-SHA/
Summary : Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512
Description :
Digest::SHA is a complete implementation of the NIST Secure Hash Standard. It
gives Perl programmers a convenient way to calculate SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256,
SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-512/224, and SHA-512/256 message digests. The module can
handle all types of input, including partial-byte data.
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Update Information:
This release fixes loading optional modules from . directory as described in
CVE-2016-1238. It also tidies name space polution.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1361153 - perl-Digest-SHA-5.96 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361153
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update perl-Digest-SHA' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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