[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: PyYAML-3.11-7.fc21

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-4642
2015-03-26 16:42:04
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Name        : PyYAML
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 3.11
Release     : 7.fc21
URL         : http://pyyaml.org/
Summary     : YAML parser and emitter for Python
Description :
YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and
interaction with scripting languages.  PyYAML is a YAML parser and
emitter for Python.

PyYAML features a complete YAML 1.1 parser, Unicode support, pickle
support, capable extension API, and sensible error messages.  PyYAML
supports standard YAML tags and provides Python-specific tags that
allow to represent an arbitrary Python object.

PyYAML is applicable for a broad range of tasks from complex
configuration files to object serialization and persistance.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2014-9130
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Mar 23 2015 John Eckersberg <eck at redhat.com> - 3.11-7
- Add patch for CVE-2014-9130 (bug 1204829)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1204829 - PyYAML: assert failure when processing wrapped strings
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204829
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