A python-configobj security update has been released for Fedora 38.

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: python-configobj-5.0.8-6.fc38

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-27b41bb133
2023-10-18 01:45:22.977803
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Name : python-configobj
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 5.0.8
Release : 6.fc38
URL : http://configobj.readthedocs.org/
Summary : Config file reading, writing, and validation
Description :
ConfigObj is a simple but powerful configuration file reader and writer: an ini
file round tripper. Its main feature is that it is very easy to use, with a
straightforward programmers interface and a simple syntax for config files.

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Update Information:

Fixes an issue in configobj: CVE-2023-26112
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Oct 9 2023 Terje Rosten [terje.rosten@ntnu.no] - 5.0.8-6
- Add patch to fix CVE-2023-26112
* Sun Oct 1 2023 Terje Rosten [terje.rosten@ntnu.no] - 5.0.8-5
- SPDX fix from Daniel P. Berrange
* Fri Jul 21 2023 Fedora Release Engineering [releng@fedoraproject.org] - 5.0.8-4
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
* Tue Jun 13 2023 Python Maint - 5.0.8-3
- Rebuilt for Python 3.12
* Tue May 23 2023 Yaakov Selkowitz [yselkowi@redhat.com] - 5.0.8-2
- Avoid pytest-cov dependency
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2224088 - CVE-2023-26112 python-configobj: Regular expression denial of service exists in ./src/configobj/validate.py [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224088
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-27b41bb133' 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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