openSUSE 10 Security Update : viewvc (viewvc-6578)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42328

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42328

File Name: suse_viewvc-6578.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2009

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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2009

Reference Information

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

CWE: 79

Detections

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