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A binwalk security update has been released for Fedora 36.



SECURITY: Fedora 36 Update: binwalk-2.3.3-1.fc36


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-3727f00e4b
2023-01-05 01:20:43.490546
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Name : binwalk
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 2.3.3
Release : 1.fc36
URL :   https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk
Summary : Firmware analysis tool
Description :
Binwalk is a tool for searching a given binary image for embedded files and
executable code. Specifically, it is designed for identifying files and code
embedded inside of firmware images. Binwalk uses the python-magic library, so
it is compatible with magic signatures created for the Unix file utility.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2021-4287
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Dec 27 2022 Scott Talbert - 2.3.3-1
- Update to new upstream release 2.3.3 (#2003337 #2156566)
* Wed Jul 20 2022 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.3.2-4
- Rebuilt for   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
* Mon Jun 13 2022 Python Maint - 2.3.2-3
- Rebuilt for Python 3.11
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2156565 - CVE-2021-4287 binwalk: symlink directory traversal vulnerability
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156565
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-3727f00e4b' 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
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
  https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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