[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 5 Update: PyYAML-3.09-11.el5

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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2015-1379
2015-03-25 18:39:12
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Name        : PyYAML
Product     : Fedora EPEL 5
Version     : 3.09
Release     : 11.el5
URL         : http://pyyaml.org/
Summary     : YAML parser and emitter for Python
Description :
YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and
interaction with scripting languages.  PyYAML is a YAML parser and
emitter for Python.

PyYAML features a complete YAML 1.1 parser, Unicode support, pickle
support, capable extension API, and sensible error messages.  PyYAML
supports standard YAML tags and provides Python-specific tags that
allow to represent an arbitrary Python object.

PyYAML is applicable for a broad range of tasks from complex
configuration files to object serialization and persistance.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2014-9130
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1204829 - PyYAML: assert failure when processing wrapped strings
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204829
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs.  Use
su -c 'yum update PyYAML' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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