[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-2.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-4871
2012-03-30 02:46:51
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Name        : perl-YAML-LibYAML
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 0.38
Release     : 2.fc17
URL         : http://search.cpan.org/dist/YAML-LibYAML/
Summary     : Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
Description :
Kirill Siminov's "libyaml" is arguably the best YAML implementation. The C
library is written precisely to the YAML 1.1 specification. It was originally
bound to Python and was later bound to Ruby.

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Update Information:

This update fixes various format string vulnerabilities (CVE-2012-1152, CPAN RT#46507).

The Fedora 15 and Fedora 16 builds also include some bug-fixes from upstream:

* Fix for broken deparse test
* Fix LoadFile on empty file failure

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #801738 - CVE-2012-1152 perl-YAML-LibYAML: Multiple format string flaws by reporting errors during YAML document load
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801738
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