This release includes four security fixes: - Prevent an attack where a federated server could send redactions for arbitrary events in v1 and v2 rooms. - Prevent a denial-of-service attack where cycles of redaction events would make Synapse spin infinitely. - Prevent an attack where users could be joined or parted from public rooms without their consent. - Fix a vulnerability where a
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-80f1943143
2019-08-04 01:12:44.175426
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : matrix-synapse
Product : Fedora 30
Version : 1.2.1
Release : 1.fc30
URL : https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse
Summary : A Matrix reference homeserver written in Python using Twisted
Description :
Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and
VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the
core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is intended
to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of
a coded base and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap
the ecosystem. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information: This release includes four security fixes: - Prevent an attack where a
federated server could send redactions for arbitrary events in v1 and v2 rooms.
- Prevent a denial-of-service attack where cycles of redaction events would make
Synapse spin infinitely. - Prevent an attack where users could be joined or
parted from public rooms without their consent. - Fix a vulnerability where a
federated server could spoof read-receipts from users on other servers. See
https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.2.1 for complete details.
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ChangeLog: * Fri Jul 26 2019 Kai A. Hiller - 1.2.1-1
- Update to v1.2.1
* Thu Jun 27 2019 Dan Callaghan - 1.0.0-1
- Update to v1.0.0 release, including new protocol-mandated TLS certificate verification logic. See: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/MSC1711_certificates_FAQ.md
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