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Fedora 25: EDE Security Update for XEmacs-Extra Package Released

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This announcement covers a vulnerability fix in the EDE component for XEmacs running on Fedora 25. Ensure you are protected and informed!
This update fixes a security problem with the EDE package.

Summary

XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and

application development system. It is protected under the GNU General

Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular

GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support

and an open software development model, similar to Linux.

The XEmacs packages collection contains a large collection of useful

lisp packages for XEmacs including mail readers, programming modes and

utilities, and packages related to using XEmacs in multi-lingual

environments.

Update Information:

This update fixes a security problem with the EDE package.

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security advisory security issue Fedora package update XEmacs EDE package

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-d50418723d 2017-01-24 19:30:37.937733
Name : xemacs-packages-extra Product : Fedora 25 Version : 20170114 Release : 1.fc25 URL : http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packageGuide.html Summary : Collection of XEmacs lisp packages Description : XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU General Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux.
The XEmacs packages collection contains a large collection of useful lisp packages for XEmacs including mail readers, programming modes and utilities, and packages related to using XEmacs in multi-lingual environments.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade xemacs-packages-extra' 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: xemacs-packages-extra
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 20170114
Release: 1.fc25
URL: http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packageGuide.html
Summary: Collection of XEmacs lisp packages

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora package update XEmacs EDE package

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