Category Archives: Fedora

Fedora – Security Updates

python-simplejson-3.5.3-1.el7

Update to 3.5.3:

* Fix lower bound checking in scan_once / raw_decode API
https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/issues/98
* Consistently reject int_as_string_bitcount settings that are not
positive integers
* Added int_as_string_bitcount encoder option
https://github.com/simplejson/pull/96
* Fixed potential crash when encoder created with incorrect options
* Native setuptools support re-introduced
https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/pull/92

ghostscript-9.20-5.fc24

This update fixes a rare ocasion where ghostscript would fail when displaying *.ps files. More info can be found [here](http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697286).

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This is a security update for these CVEs:

* [CVE-2016-8602](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940) – *check for sufficient params in .sethalftone5*
* [CVE-2016-7977](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380415) – *.libfile does not honor -dSAFER* [This CVE is now correctly fixed, previous release was accidentally missing the fix.]