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A perl-Convert-ASN1 security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: perl-Convert-ASN1-0.27-21.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-9fa782be3e
2021-01-05 01:25:20.773278
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Name : perl-Convert-ASN1
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 0.27
Release : 21.fc33
URL :   https://metacpan.org/release/Convert-ASN1
Summary : ASN.1 encode/decode library
Description :
Convert::ASN1 encodes and decodes ASN.1 data structures using BER/DER rules.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2013-7488
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Nov 23 2020 Jitka Plesnikova - 0.27-21
- Fix unsafe decoding in indef case (CVE-2013-7488)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1821879 - CVE-2013-7488 perl-Convert-ASN1: allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop via unexpected input
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1821879
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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