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Fedora 30 : viewvc (2020-c952520959)

low Nessus Plugin ID 136633

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for CVE-2020-5283.

ViewVC 1.1.28

ChangeLog

 - security fix: escape subdir lastmod file name (#211)

 - fix standalone.py first request failure (#195)

ViewVC 1.1.27

ChangeLog :

 - suppress stack traces (with option to show) (#140)

 - distinguish text/binary/image files by icons (#166, #175)

 - colorize alternating file content lines (#167)

 - link to the instance root from the ViewVC logo (#168)

 - display directory and root counts, too (#169)

 - fix double fault error in standalone.py (#157)

 - support timezone offsets with minutes piece (#176)

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Solution

Update the affected viewvc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-c952520959

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 136633

File Name: fedora_2020-c952520959.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2020

Updated: 3/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:viewvc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5283