openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (viewvc-2240)

low Nessus Plugin ID 45470

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The regular expression search feature didn't properly sanitize user input, therefore allowing attackers to conduct cross-site-scripting (XSS) attacks (CVE-2010-0132).

Solution

Update the affected viewvc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592932

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 45470

File Name: suse_11_2_viewvc-100407.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0132