Fedora 17 Update: python-crypto-2.5-2.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-1988
2012-02-19 04:35:28
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Name        : python-crypto
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 2.5
Release     : 2.fc17
URL         : http://www.pycrypto.org/
Summary     : Cryptography library for Python
Description :
PyCrypto is a collection of both secure hash functions (such as MD5 and
SHA), and various encryption algorithms (AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal, etc.).

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Update Information:

This update addresses a number of potential segfaults in low memory conditions identified by Dave Malcolm's experimental static analysis tool.

See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/StaticAnalysisOfPythonRefcounts
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #790584 - Segfaults in error-handling within pycrypto
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790584
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update python-crypto' at the command line.
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