Fedora 20: 2015-4477 Critical: PyYAML Security Fix for CVE-2014-9130
fedora
April 5, 2015
Security fix for CVE-2014-9130
Summary
YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and
interaction with scripting languages. PyYAML is a YAML parser and
emitter for Python.
PyYAML features a complete YAML 1.1 parser, Unicode support, pickle
support, capable extension API, and sensible error messages. PyYAML
supports standard YAML tags and provides Python-specific tags that
allow to represent an arbitrary Python object.
PyYAML is applicable for a broad range of tasks from complex
configuration files to object serialization and persistance.
Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2014-9130
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Mar 23 2015 John Eckersberg
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1204829 - PyYAML: assert failure when processing wrapped strings
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204829
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update PyYAML' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: PyYAML
Product: Fedora 20
Version: 3.10
Release: 11.fc20
URL: https://pyyaml.org/
Summary: YAML parser and emitter for Python
Topics Covered
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