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openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (openSUSE-SU-2011:0529-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76040

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

cvsdb.py in viewvc did not honor an admin defined row limit which could cause high load on the database server. viewvc was updated to version 1.1.11 which fixes the issue (CVE-2009-5024).

Solution

Update the affected viewvc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694785

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00052.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76040

File Name: suse_11_4_viewvc-110520.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5024