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Fedora 34: FEDORA-2021-a26257ccf5 Critical Info Disclosure in Python 3.8

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2021
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora now has updates for Python 3.8.9 that include a major security patch addressing vulnerabilities that could lead to information leaks.

This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.8

Summary

Python 3.8 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older

version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run

your applications with Python 3.8, see other distributions

that support it, such as an older Fedora release.

This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.8. [Changelog](https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.9/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-8-9). Contains a

security fix for CVE-2021-3426.

* Tue Apr 6 2021 Tomas Hrnciar <thrnciar@redhat.com> - 3.8.9-1

- Update to 3.8.9

[ 1 ] Bug #1935913 - CVE-2021-3426 python: information disclosure via pydoc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1935913

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-a26257ccf5' 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 34
Version: 3.8.9
Release: 1.fc34
Summary: Version 3.8 of the Python interpreter

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