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Fedora 20: FEDORA-2015-4534 Critical: python-dulwich Code Execution Threat

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Security patch addressing CVE-2014-9706 enhances python-dulwich in Fedora 20, significantly bolstering system defense.
Fix for CVE-2014-9706 (rhbz#1204889, rhbz#1204890, and rhbz#1204891)

Summary

Dulwich is a pure-Python implementation of the Git file formats and

protocols. The project is named after the village in which Mr. and

Mrs. Git live in the Monty Python sketch.

Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2014-9706 (rhbz#1204889, rhbz#1204890, and rhbz#1204891)

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security advisory fedora update code execution python-dulwich

Change Log

* Mon Mar 23 2015 Fabian Affolter - 0.10.0-1 - Fix for CVE-2014-9706 (rhbz#1204889, rhbz#1204890, and rhbz#1204891) - Update to new upstream version 0.10.0 * Mon Mar 23 2015 Fabian Affolter - 0.9.9-1 - Update to new upstream version 0.9.9 * Sun Aug 17 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.9.7-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jun 27 2014 Fabian Affolter - 0.9.7-1 - Update to new upstream version 0.9.7 * Sat Jun 7 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.9.6-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild * Sat May 24 2014 Fabian Affolter - 0.9.6-1 - Update to new upstream version 0.9.6 * Wed Feb 26 2014 Fabian Affolter - 0.9.5-1 - Tests are currently not working - Update to new upstream version 0.9.5

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1204889 - CVE-2014-9706 python-dulwich: arbitrary files allowed to be commited, leading to code execution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204889

Update Instructions

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

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Name: python-dulwich
Product: Fedora 20
Version: 0.10.0
Release: 1.fc20
URL: https://www.dulwich.io/
Summary: A python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols

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Topics Covered

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