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<p><tt>[20 Dec 2019]</tt> <strong><a href="security/2019/dsa-4591">DSA-4591 cyrus-sasl2</a></strong> - security update <br>
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<tt>[17 Dec 2019]</tt> <strong><a href="security/2019/dsa-4587">DSA-4587 ruby2.3</a></strong> - security update <br>
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