Fedora 23 Update: python-defusedxml-0.4.1-4.fc23

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-12843
2015-08-06 15:41:51
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Name        : python-defusedxml
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 0.4.1
Release     : 4.fc23
URL         : https://bitbucket.org/tiran/defusedxml
Summary     : XML bomb protection for Python stdlib modules
Description :
The defusedxml package contains several Python-only workarounds and fixes for
denial of service and other vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. In order
to benefit from the protection you just have to import and use the listed
functions / classes from the right defusedxml module instead of the original
module.

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Update Information:

Add patches by Avram Lubkin (fix tests and .format() issues)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #927883 - Review Request: python-defusedxml - XML bomb protection for Python stdlib modules
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927883
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update python-defusedxml' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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