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A libfprint security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: libfprint-1.90.6-1.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-f997de7d0e
2020-12-17 01:24:22.746952
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Name : libfprint
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 1.90.6
Release : 1.fc33
URL :   http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint
Summary : Toolkit for fingerprint scanner
Description :
libfprint offers support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.

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Update Information:

Update of fprintd and libfprint. There are two main tests: * Check that enroll
still works (and requires a password) * Check that no other USB devices become
unusable (e.g. mouse suddenly lags until clicked) Important changes: *
Require authentication for enroll (i.e. password) * Fix race conditions in
pam_fprintd * More udev autosupsend rules * Plenty of bugfixes * New
supported hardware
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Dec 9 2020 Benjamin Berg - 1.90.6-1
- New upstream release 1.90.6 (#1902256)
* Tue Dec 1 2020 Benjamin Berg - 1.90.5-1
- New upstream release 1.90.5 (#1902256)
* Fri Nov 27 2020 Benjamin Berg - 1.90.4-1
- New upstream release 1.90.4 (#1902256)
Resolves #1889384
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-f997de7d0e' 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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