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A python38 security update has been released for Fedora 31.



SECURITY: Fedora 31 Update: python38-3.8.3-1.fc31

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-6a88dad4a0
2020-05-29 02:26:09.212423
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Name : python38
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 3.8.3
Release : 1.fc31
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 a newer
version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run
your applications with Python 3.8, update your Fedora to a newer
version once Python 3.8 is stable.

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Update Information:

## Python 3.8.3 This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.8. See [the c
hangelog]( https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.3/whatsnew/changelog.html#changelo
g) for details. Contains the security fix for CVE-2020-8492.
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ChangeLog:

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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1809065 - CVE-2020-8492 python: wrong backtracking in urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler allows for a ReDoS
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809065
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-6a88dad4a0' 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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