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A python-cvxopt security update has been released for Fedora 34.



SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: python-cvxopt-1.2.7-1.fc34


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-0b587f0fa9
2022-01-14 00:58:29.597787
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Name : python-cvxopt
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 1.2.7
Release : 1.fc34
URL :   http://cvxopt.org/
Summary : A Python Package for Convex Optimization
Description :
CVXOPT is a free software package for convex optimization based on
the Python programming language. Its main purpose is to make the
development of software for convex optimization applications
straightforward by building on Python's extensive standard library and
on the strengths of Python as a high-level programming language.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2021-41500. Upstream notes for version 1.2.7 read: "Bug
fixes, Python 3.10 compatibility".
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Sep 21 2021 Jerry James - 1.2.7-1
- Version 1.2.7
- Drop upstreamed -doc and -parens patches
* Fri Jul 23 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.2.6-4
- Rebuilt for   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
* Fri Jun 4 2021 Python Maint - 1.2.6-3
- Rebuilt for Python 3.10
* Mon Mar 22 2021 Jerry James - 1.2.6-2
- Add -parens patch to fix FTBFS with python 3.10 (bz 1941559)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2037298 - CVE-2021-41500 python-cvxopt: string comparison vulnerability may lead to DoS
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2037298
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-0b587f0fa9' 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

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
  https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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