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openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (viewvc-1420)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42246

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Update of viewvc to version 1.0.9 fixes a cross-site scripting (XSS) problem and enhances filtering of illegal characters when displaying error messages (CVE-2009-3618, CVE-2009-3619).

Solution

Update the affected viewvc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537154

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42246

File Name: suse_11_0_viewvc-091021.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3618, CVE-2009-3619

CWE: 79