Fedora 15 : cgit-0.9.0.2-2.fc15 (2011-9589)

low Nessus Plugin ID 55876

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a potential XSS vulnerability. A malicious user would need push access to the git server in order to exploit this issue. Refer to the cgit mailing list for :

Numerous minor bugs are also fixed. For details, refer to the upstream release announcements for 0.9.0.1 and 0.9.0.2.

http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2011-July/000276.html http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2011-June/000183.html http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2011-July/000273.html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected cgit package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 55876

File Name: fedora_2011-9589.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cgit, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2711

FEDORA: 2011-9589

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