[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: python-feedparser-5.1.2-2.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-8291
2012-05-24 15:28:18
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Name        : python-feedparser
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 5.1.2
Release     : 2.fc17
URL         : http://feedparser.org/
Summary     : Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python
Description :
Universal Feed Parser is a Python module for downloading and parsing
syndicated feeds. It can handle RSS 0.90, Netscape RSS 0.91,
Userland RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0,
Atom 0.3, Atom 1.0, and CDF feeds. It also parses several popular extension
modules, including Dublin Core and Apple's iTunes extensions.

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Update Information:

Update from 5.1 to 5.1.2.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed May 23 2012 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at fedoraproject.org> - 5.1.2-2
- Also package NEWS files as documentation.
- 5.1.2 fixes CVE-2012-2921
  (DoS via memory consumption processing ENTITY declarations).
* Tue May 22 2012 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at fedoraproject.org> - 5.1.2-1
- Update to 5.1.2 and its security fix (#787401).
- Ignore testsuite results for now (#787401).
- Set PYTHONPATH in %check section to include files in %buildroot.
- Drop CFLAGS usage from spec file, because this is Python.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #824600 - CVE-2012-2921 python-feedparser: DoS via memory consumption processing ENTITY declarations
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824600
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