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A python-markdown2 security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: python-markdown2-2.4.0-1.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-77191478ad
2021-05-10 01:07:48.522386
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Name : python-markdown2
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 2.4.0
Release : 1.fc33
URL :   https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/
Summary : A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown
Description :
Markdown is a text-to-HTML filter; it translates an easy-to-read /
easy-to-write structured text format into HTML. Markdown's text format
is most similar to that of plain text email, and supports features
such as headers, emphasis, code blocks, blockquotes, and links.

This is a fast and complete Python implementation of the Markdown
spec.

For information about markdown itself, see
  http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

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Update Information:

#### python-markdown2 2.4.0 - [pull #377] Fixed bug breaking strings elements
in metadata lists - [pull #380] When rendering fenced code blocks, also add the
`language-LANG` class - [pull #387] Regex DoS fixes
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ChangeLog:

* Sat May 1 2021 Thomas Moschny - 2.4.0-1
- Update to 2.4.0.
* Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.3.10-2
- Rebuilt for   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1934835 - CVE-2021-26813 python-markdown2: Regular expression denial of service [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934835
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-77191478ad' 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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