openSUSE Security Update : fossil (openSUSE-2017-1081)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103397

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for fossil to version fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

- boo#1053267: XSS vulnerability on the /help webpage

The version update to version 2.3 also contains a number of upstream improvements and bug fixes.

Solution

Update the affected fossil packages.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103397

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1081.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fossil, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fossil-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fossil-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2017