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A python3.8 security update has been released for Fedora 38.



[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: python3.8-3.8.16-4.fc38


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-d8b0003ecd
2023-05-31 17:29:34.390112
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Name : python3.8
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 3.8.16
Release : 4.fc38
URL : https://www.python.org/
Summary : Version 3.8 of the Python interpreter
Description :
Python 3.8 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older
version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run
your applications with Python 3.8, see other distributions
that support it, such as an older Fedora release.

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Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2023-24329
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ChangeLog:

* Mon May 29 2023 Charalampos Stratakis [cstratak@redhat.com] - 3.8.16-4
- Fix for CVE-2023-24329
Resolves: rhbz#2174015
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2174015 - CVE-2023-24329 python3.8: python: urllib.parse url blocklisting bypass [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2174015
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-d8b0003ecd' 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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