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Fedora 26: 2017-94a173c491 Critical: Modulemd Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 26 receives a security enhancement to fix potential arbitrary code execution risks in the modulemd library, improving overall system security.
This update fixes CVE-2017-1002157 -- possible arbitrary code execution when loading multiple documents with `load_all` / `loads_all`.

Summary

A python library for manipulation of the proposed module metadata format.

This update fixes CVE-2017-1002157 -- possible arbitrary code execution when

loading multiple documents with `load_all` / `loads_all`.

su -c 'dnf upgrade modulemd' 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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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.3.2
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: Module metadata manipulation library

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