[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libyaml-0.1.6-1.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-4440
2014-03-28 01:47:47
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Name        : libyaml
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 0.1.6
Release     : 1.fc20
URL         : http://pyyaml.org/
Summary     : YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C
Description :
YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and
interaction with scripting languages.  LibYAML is a YAML parser and
emitter written in C.

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Update Information:

New upstream release 0.1.6, fixes CVE-2014-2525
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Mar 26 2014 John Eckersberg <jeckersb at redhat.com> - 0.1.6-1
- New upstream release 0.1.6 (bz1081492)
- Fixes CVE-2014-2525 (bz1078083)
* Tue Feb  4 2014 John Eckersberg <jeckersb at redhat.com> - 0.1.5-1
- New upstream release 0.1.5 (bz1061087)
- Removed patches for CVE-2013-6393; they are included in 0.1.5
  upstream
* Wed Jan 29 2014 John Eckersberg <jeckersb at redhat.com> - 0.1.4-6
- Add patches for CVE-2013-6393 (bz1033990)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1078083 - CVE-2014-2525 libyaml: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing URLs
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078083
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