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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-12949
2015-08-27 19:40:20.012004
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Name : python-defusedxml
Product : Fedora 21
Version : 0.4.1
Release : 4.fc21
URL :
https://bitbucket.org/tiran/defusedxml
Summary : XML bomb protection for Python stdlib modules
Description :
The defusedxml package contains several Python-only workarounds and fixes for
denial of service and other vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. In order
to benefit from the protection you just have to import and use the listed
functions / classes from the right defusedxml module instead of the original
module.
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Update Information:
Add patches by Avram Lubkin (fix tests and .format() issues)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #927883 - Review Request: python-defusedxml - XML bomb protection for Python
stdlib modules
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927883
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update python-defusedxml' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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