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A libproxy security update has been released for Fedora 31.



SECURITY: Fedora 31 Update: libproxy-0.4.15-15.fc31


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-7e1e9abf77
2020-10-04 01:26:15.982702
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Name : libproxy
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 0.4.15
Release : 15.fc31
URL :   https://libproxy.github.io/libproxy/
Summary : A library handling all the details of proxy configuration
Description :
libproxy offers the following features:

* extremely small core footprint (< 35K)
* no external dependencies within libproxy core
(libproxy plugins may have dependencies)
* only 3 functions in the stable external API
* dynamic adjustment to changing network topology
* a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios
* a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment

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Update Information:

Fix CVE-2020-25219
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Sep 18 2020 David King - 0.4.15-15
- Fix CVE-2020-25219 (#1880350)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1880349 - CVE-2020-25219 libproxy: uncontrolled recursion via an infinite stream response leading to stack exhaustion
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1880349
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-7e1e9abf77' 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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