Fedora 25: python-cryptography Security Update
Summary
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and
recipes to Python developers.
Update Information:
Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1393432 - CVE-2016-9243 python-cryptography: HKDF might return an empty byte-string [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393432 [ 2 ] Bug #1361916 - python-cryptography - Missing python2-subpackage https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361916 [ 3 ] Bug #1279263 - python-cryptography-vectors needs upgrade for the security bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279263
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade python-cryptography' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html