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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0221
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0221)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'viewvc' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0221 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'viewvc' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0221 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated viewvc package fixes security vulnerability:

ViewVC before versions 1.1.28 has an XSS vulnerability in CVS
show_subdir_lastmod support. The impact of this vulnerability is mitigated
by the need for an attacker to have commit privileges to a CVS repository
exposed by an otherwise trusted ViewVC instance that also has the
`show_subdir_lastmod` feature enabled. The attack vector involves files
with unsafe names (names that, when embedded into an HTML stream, would
cause the browser to run unwanted code), which themselves can be
challenging to create (CVE-2020-5283).

The viewvc package has been updated to version 1.1.28, fixing this issue
and other bugs.

Affected Software/OS:
'viewvc' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-5283
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q2STF2MKT24HXZ3YZIU7CN6F6QM67I5/
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/ad0f966e9a997b17d853a6972ea283d4dcd70fa8
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/211
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