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Fedora 29 : rubygem-jekyll (2018-4f6deba5f1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120415

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to version 3.8.4.

This version includes a fix for a possible security issue: The engine now no longer follows symlinks when including files.

Release notes: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.8.4

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

Solution

Update the affected rubygem-jekyll package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-4f6deba5f1

https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.8.4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120415

File Name: fedora_2018-4f6deba5f1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rubygem-jekyll

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2018

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