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openSUSE 13.2: SU-2016:2465-1 Critical: Python-Jinja2 Patch

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2016
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A patch has been released for openSUSE's python-Jinja2 to tackle CVE-2014-0012, incorporating crucial improvements.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for python-Jinja2 fixes the following issues:

Update to version 2.8:

- Added `target` parameter to urlize function.

- Added support for `followsymlinks` to the file system loader.

- The truncate filter now counts the length.

- Added equalto filter that helps with select filters.

- Changed cache keys to use absolute file names if available instead of

load names.

- Fixed loop length calculation for some iterators.

- Changed how Jinja2 enforces strings to be native strings in Python 2 to

work when people break their default encoding.

- Added :func:`make_logging_undefined` which returns an undefined

object that logs failures into a logger.

- If unmarshalling of cached data fails the template will be reloaded now.

- Implemented a block ``set`` tag.

- Default cache size was incrased to 400 from a low 50.

- Fixed ``is number`` test to accept long integers in all Python versions.

- Changed ``is number`` to accept...

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1159=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):

python-Jinja2-2.8-3.3.1

python-Jinja2-emacs-2.8-3.3.1

python-Jinja2-vim-2.8-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0012.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/858239

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2465-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 .

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