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Fedora 37: 2023-6732a1b1f30 Low: Youtube-Dl Security Enhancement Update

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important notice regarding YouTube-dl in Fedora 37, focusing on resolving cookie exposure concerns and improving overall performance.
Update to latest upstream git snapshot

Summary

Small command-line program to download videos from YouTube and other sites.

Update Information:

Update to latest upstream git snapshot. Various changes, including bug fix for cookie leak vulnerability.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Fedora bug fix cookie leak youtube-dl

Change Log

* Tue Aug 1 2023 David Bold - 2023.07.30.git2efc8de-1.20230801git2efc8de - Update to latest git snapshot - Ajust for building from snapshot * Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - 2021.12.17-7 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Jun 13 2023 Python Maint - 2021.12.17-6 - Rebuilt for Python 3.12 * Sat Jan 21 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - 2021.12.17-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2203137 - Please pull in additioal patches fro upstream https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203137 [ 2 ] Bug #2203543 - Add dependency on ffmpeg-free or ffmpeg? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203543 [ 3 ] Bug #2221073 - CVE-2023-35934 youtube-dl: yt-dlp: cookie leak vulnerability [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221073

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-5435c10480' 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: youtube-dl
Product: Fedora 37
Version: 2023.07.30.git2efc8de
Release: 1.20230815git2efc8de.fc37
URL: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
Summary: A small command-line program to download online videos

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Fedora bug fix cookie leak youtube-dl

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