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A kpmcore security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: kpmcore-4.2.0-1.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-73471e6414
2020-10-23 22:01:02.263265
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Name : kpmcore
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 4.2.0
Release : 1.fc33
URL :   https://github.com/KDE/kpmcore
Summary : Library for managing partitions by KDE programs
Description :
KPMcore contains common code for managing partitions by KDE Partition Manager
and other KDE projects

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Update Information:

Update kpmcore to 4.2.0 and rebuild all dependent packages. This update also
fixes CVE-2020-27187.
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ChangeLog:

* Sat Oct 17 2020 Mattia Verga - 4.2.0-1
- Update to stable release 4.2.0
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1890199 - CVE-2020-27187 kpmcore: kpmcore_externalcommand helper can be exploited in local privilege escalation
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890199
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-73471e6414' 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
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