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Fedora 20: 2015-06-07 Critical: mbedtls Security Update

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The latest Mbed TLS update for Fedora 20 resolves previous concerns, improving both performance and safeguarding measures effortlessly.
- Update to 1.3.11 This release is mainly fixing a number of outstanding issues and security fixes

Summary

Mbed TLS is a light-weight open source cryptographic and SSL/TLS

library written in C. Mbed TLS makes it easy for developers to include

cryptographic and SSL/TLS capabilities in their (embedded)

applications with as little hassle as possible.

FOSS License Exception: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/mbed-tls/

Update Information:

- Update to 1.3.11

This release is mainly fixing a number of outstanding issues and security fixes. Minor features have been added to enhance functionality and usability.

Release notes: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/mbed-tls/

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security advisory critical Fedora cryptographic library mbedtls

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-9625 2015-06-07 09:03:16
Name : mbedtls Product : Fedora 20 Version : 1.3.11Release : 1.fc20 URL : https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/mbed-tls/ Summary : Light-weight cryptographic and SSL/TLS library Description : Mbed TLS is a light-weight open source cryptographic and SSL/TLS library written in C. Mbed TLS makes it easy for developers to include cryptographic and SSL/TLS capabilities in their (embedded) applications with as little hassle as possible. FOSS License Exception: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/mbed-tls/

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mbedtls' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: mbedtls
Product: Fedora 20
Version: 1.3.11Release : 1.fc20
URL: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/mbed-tls/
Summary: Light-weight cryptographic and SSL/TLS library

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security advisory critical Fedora cryptographic library mbedtls

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