[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc40
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2024-46374d2703
2024-03-23 00:20:56.399690
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Name : python3.6
Product : Fedora 40
Version : 3.6.15
Release : 27.fc40
URL : https://www.python.org/
Summary : Version 3.6 of the Python interpreter
Description :
Python 3.6 package for developers.
This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older
version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run
your applications with Python 3.6, see other distributions
that support it, such as CentOS or RHEL with Software Collections
or older Fedora releases.
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Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2007-4559.
Fix tests for XMLPullParser with Expat 2.6.0
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Feb 29 2024 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak(a)redhat.com> - 3.6.15-27
- Security fix for CVE-2007-4559
- Fixes: rhbz#2141080
* Wed Feb 28 2024 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak(a)redhat.com> - 3.6.15-26
- Fix tests for XMLPullParser with Expat 2.6.0
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #263261 - CVE-2007-4559 python: tarfile module directory traversal
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-46374d2703' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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