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Debian 12 python-apt Essential Vulnerability Patch 2027-f1f3d3c74b

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update for python-apt in Fedora 42 fixes critical security issue and enhances functionality.
Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0, also fix a security issue in python-apt Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15

Summary

python-apt is a wrapper to use features of APT from Python.

Update Information:

Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0, also fix a security issue in python-apt Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15

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security advisory denial of service fedora critical system update python-apt

Change Log

* Mon Feb 16 2026 Terje Rsten - 3.1.0-1 - Rebuild for so bump in apt 3.1.15 - 3.1.0 * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.3.0-17 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Sep 19 2025 Python Maint - 2.3.0-16 - Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc3 bytecode * Fri Aug 15 2025 Python Maint - 2.3.0-15 - Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc2 bytecode * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.3.0-14 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Mon Jun 2 2025 Python Maint - 2.3.0-13 - Rebuilt for Python 3.14

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2319327 - apt-3.1.15 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2319327 [ 2 ] Bug #2423061 - CVE-2025-6966 python-apt: python-apt: NULL pointer dereference leads to local denial of service [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423061

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-e0e9d0d54a' 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: python-apt
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 3.1.0
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-apt
Summary: Python bindings for APT

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