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Fedora 22 FEDORA-2015-5618 Critical PyYAML Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Urgent patch for PyYAML in Fedora 22 resolving CVE-2014-9130. Make sure to update your system without delay.
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%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix PyYAML

Change Log

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 22
Version: 3.11Release : 7.fc22
URL: https://pyyaml.org/
Summary: YAML parser and emitter for Python

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security advisory critical Fedora security fix PyYAML

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