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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-d3a2b640ce Critical: Python-Cryptography Update

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 25 upgrades python-cryptography to version 2.1.0 to address a vulnerability classified as CVE-2017-7526.
Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243

Summary

cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and

recipes to Python developers.

Update Information:

Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update critical Fedora python-cryptography CVE-2016-9243

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1393432 - CVE-2016-9243 python-cryptography: HKDF might return an empty byte-string [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393432 [ 2 ] Bug #1361916 - python-cryptography - Missing python2-subpackage https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361916 [ 3 ] Bug #1279263 - python-cryptography-vectors needs upgrade for the security bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279263

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade python-cryptography' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: python-cryptography
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.5.3
Release: 3.fc24
URL: https://cryptography.io/en/latest/
Summary: PyCA's cryptography library

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update critical Fedora python-cryptography CVE-2016-9243

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