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Fedora 28 : cgit (2018-a5a7f83e1b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120676

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix directory traversal vulnerability

References:
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2018-August/004176.html https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=53efaf30b

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 cgit package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a5a7f83e1b

https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=53efaf30b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120676

File Name: fedora_2018-a5a7f83e1b.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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cgit, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2018

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