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Fedora 42: python3-docs Important Infinite Loop Fix FEDORA-2025-1a9ad70c05

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch for Python 3 documentation addresses endless loop issue in tarfile parsing within Fedora 42. Use dnf upgrade to install the fix.
3.13.6 is the sixth maintenance release of 3.13, containing around 200 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.13.5

Summary

The python3-docs package contains documentation on the Python 3

programming language and interpreter.

Update Information:

3.13.6 is the sixth maintenance release of 3.13, containing around 200 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.13.5. This update contains fix for https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8194

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security advisory fedora important infinite loop documentation python3-docs

Change Log

* Thu Aug 7 2025 Tom\u0161 Hrn\u010diar - 3.13.6-1 - Update to 3.13.6

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2384078 - CVE-2025-8194 python3.13: Cpython infinite loop when parsing a tarfile [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2384078

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-1a9ad70c05' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: python3-docs
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 3.13.6
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://www.python.org/
Summary: Documentation for the Python 3 programming language

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Topics Covered

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