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Fedora 25 Security Update: python-jwcrypto Critical Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey September 5, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Recent patch release for python-jwcrypto resolves security flaws and incorporates bug corrections for Fedora platforms.
Security fix for CVE-2016-6298 ---- New minor release of python-jwcrypto, with new features and bugfixes for regressions introduced after 0.2.1

Summary

Implements JWK,JWS,JWE specifications using python-cryptography

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-6298 ---- New minor release of python-jwcrypto, with new features and bugfixes for regressions introduced after 0.2.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora bug fix python-jwcrypto million messages attack

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1371799 - CVE-2016-6298 jwcrypto: million messages attack vulnerability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1371799

Update Instructions

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

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Name: python-jwcrypto
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 0.3.2
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://github.com/simo5/jwcrypto
Summary: Implements JWK,JWS,JWE specifications using python-cryptography

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora bug fix python-jwcrypto million messages attack

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