[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: patch-2.7.4-1.fc21

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-1553
2015-02-02 14:23:34
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Name        : patch
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 2.7.4
Release     : 1.fc21
URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html
Summary     : Utility for modifying/upgrading files
Description :
The patch program applies diff files to originals.  The diff command
is used to compare an original to a changed file.  Diff lists the
changes made to the file.  A person who has the original file can then
use the patch command with the diff file to add the changes to their
original file (patching the file).

Patch should be installed because it is a common way of upgrading
applications.

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Update Information:

Latest upstream release, restoring the ability to create symbolic links referencing ".." pathname components and preventing a local denial of service.
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ChangeLog:

* Sun Feb  1 2015 Tim Waugh <twaugh at redhat.com> - 2.7.4-1
- 2.7.4, including a better fix for CVE-2015-1196 that still allows
  symlinks referencing ".." to be created.
* Fri Jan 23 2015 Tim Waugh <twaugh at redhat.com> - 2.7.3-1
- 2.7.3 (bug #1182157, CVE-2015-1196, bug #1184491, CVE-2014-9637).
* Tue Jan 20 2015 Tim Waugh <twaugh at redhat.com> - 2.7.1-12
- Apply upstream patch to fix line numbering integer overflow.
* Tue Jan 20 2015 Tim Waugh <twaugh at redhat.com> - 2.7.1-11
- Apply upstream patch to fix directory traversal via symlinks
  (bug #1182157, CVE-2015-1196).
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1188578 - patch: infinite loop with a crafted diff
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188578
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update patch' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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