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A matrix-synapse security update has been released for Fedora 32.



SECURITY: Fedora 32 Update: matrix-synapse-1.24.0-1.fc32


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-a2172c484d
2020-12-18 19:45:21.634875
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Name : matrix-synapse
Product : Fedora 32
Version : 1.24.0
Release : 1.fc32
URL :   https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse
Summary : A Matrix reference homeserver written in Python using Twisted
Description :
Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and
VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the
core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is intended
to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of
a coded base and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap
the ecosystem.

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Update Information:

Upstream release notes:   https://github.com/matrix-
org/synapse/blob/master/CHANGES.md#synapse-1240rc1-2020-12-02 This release
includes some minor changes which may affect homeserver admins:
  https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-
to-v1240
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Dec 9 2020 Kai A. Hiller - 1.24.0-1
- Update to v1.24.0
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1903893 - matrix-synapse-1.24.0 is available
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903893
[ 2 ] Bug #1906326 - CVE-2020-26257 matrix-synapse: incorrect parameters could result in DoS [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906326
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-a2172c484d' 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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