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Critical Security Update for NetworkManager-pptp in Fedora 24 Released

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This enhancement boosts OpenVPN capabilities for Fedora 24 by introducing refined VPN functionalities and an upgraded version.
Update to 1.2.0 release

Summary

This package contains software for integrating VPN capabilities with

the PPTP server with NetworkManager.

Update Information:

Update to 1.2.0 release. * Announcement: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ /networkmanager-list/2016-April/msg00064.html * A blog post: https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/04/20/networkmanager-1-2-is-here/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora VPN system patch PPTP NetworkManager

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1129818 - nm-applet access already released memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129818

Update Instructions

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

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Name: NetworkManager-pptp
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.2.0
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps
Summary: NetworkManager VPN plugin for PPTP

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora VPN system patch PPTP NetworkManager

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