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openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (openSUSE-2017-274)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 97284

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for viewvc to version 1.1.26 fixes the following issues :

 - vievwc 1.1.26, including one security fix :

 - CVE-2017-5938 escape nav_data name to avoid XSS attack (boo#1024393)

 - vievwc 1.1.25 :

 - fix _rev2optrev assertion on long input

 - license is BSD-2-Clause, package LICENSE text

 - Update viewvc.conf for Apache 2.4 syntax.

- viewvc 1.1.24 :

 - fix minor bug in human_readable boolean calculation

 - allow hr_funout option to apply to unidiff diffs, too

 - fix infinite loop in rcsparse

 - fix iso8601 timezone offset handling

 - add support for renamed roots

 - fix minor buglet in viewvc-install error message

Solution

Update the affected viewvc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024393

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 97284

File Name: openSUSE-2017-274.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5938