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openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (openSUSE-2021-84)

low Nessus Plugin ID 145393

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for viewvc fixes the following issues :

 - update to 1.1.28 (boo#1167974, CVE-2020-5283) :

 - security fix: escape subdir lastmod file name (#211)

 - fix standalone.py first request failure (#195)

 - suppress stack traces (with option to show) (#140)

 - distinguish text/binary/image files by icons (#166, #175)

 - colorize alternating file content lines (#167)

 - link to the instance root from the ViewVC logo (#168)

 - display directory and root counts, too (#169)

 - fix double fault error in standalone.py (#157)

 - support timezone offsets with minutes piece (#176)

Solution

Update the affected viewvc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167974

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 145393

File Name: openSUSE-2021-84.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5283