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openSUSE Security Update : fossil (openSUSE-2017-949)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102565

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for fossil to version 2.3 fixes the following issues :

 - Potential XSS vulnerability on the /help webpage (boo#1053267)

This update also contains all upstream improvements and fixes in version 2.3 :

 - Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression handling, from version 9.0 to 10.0.

 - Show the last-sync-URL on the /urllist page

 - Added the 'Event Summary' activity report

 - Added the 'Security Audit' page, available to administrators only

 - Added the Last Login time to the user list page, for administrators only

 - Added the --numstat option to the fossil diff command

 - Limit the size of the heap and stack on unix systems, as a proactive defense against the Stack Clash attack

 - Fix 'database locked' warnings caused by 'PRAGMA optimize'

 - Documentation updates

Solution

Update the affected fossil packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1053267

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102565

File Name: openSUSE-2017-949.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fossil, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fossil-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fossil-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2017