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Fedora 39 Update: 2023-957972e77c Critical Security Note for Matrix-Synapse

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The new matrix-synapse version 1.95.1 has been released to resolve a security vulnerability (CVE-2023-43796) on the Fedora 39 system. Users are advised to take prompt action.
Update to 1.95.1 (CVE-2023-43796) ---- Update to v1.95.0

Summary

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and

VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the

core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is intended

to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of

a coded base and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap

the ecosystem.

Update Information:

Update to 1.95.1 (CVE-2023-43796) ---- Update to v1.95.0

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security advisory security update update critical Fedora software issue matrix-synapse

Change Log

* Tue Oct 31 2023 Kai A. Hiller - 1.95.1-1 - Update to 1.95.1 (CVE-2023-43796) * Wed Oct 25 2023 Kai A. Hiller - 1.95.0-1 - Update to v1.95.0

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2023-957972e77c 2023-11-10 01:43:43.599643 Name : matrix-synapse Product : Fedora 39 Version : 1.95.1 Release : 1.fc39 URL : https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse Summary : A Matrix reference homeserver written in Python using Twisted Description : Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is intended to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of a coded base and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the ecosystem.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-957972e77c' 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: matrix-synapse
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 1.95.1
Release: 1.fc39
URL: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse
Summary: A Matrix reference homeserver written in Python using Twisted

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security advisory security update update critical Fedora software issue matrix-synapse

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