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Fedora 22 FEDORA-2015-4212 Critical: PowerPC Utils Python Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important patch for Fedora 22 addresses potential arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in powerpc-utils-python. Ensure to install via yum to safeguard your system.
* Fixing arbitrary code execution

Summary

Python based utilities for maintaining and servicing PowerPC systems.

Update Information:

* Fixing arbitrary code execution

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1190597 - CVE-2014-8165 powerpc-utils-python: arbitrary code execution due to unpickling untrusted input [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190597

Update Instructions

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

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Name: powerpc-utils-python
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.2.1
Release: 7.fc22
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/powerpc-utils/
Summary: Python utilities for PowerPC platforms

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