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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.853439
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for fossil (openSUSE-SU-2020:1478-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'fossil'; package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2020:1478-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'fossil'
package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2020:1478-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for fossil fixes the following issues:

- fossil 2.12.1:

* CVE-2020-24614: Remote authenticated users with check-in or
administrative privileges could have executed arbitrary code
[boo#1175760]

* Security fix in the 'fossil git export' command. New 'safety-net'
features were added to prevent similar problems in the future.

* Enhancements to the graph display for cases when there are many
cherry-pick merges into a single check-in. Example

* Enhance the fossil open command with the new --workdir option and the
ability to accept a URL as the repository name, causing the remote
repository to be cloned automatically. Do not allow 'fossil open' to
open in a non-empty working directory unless the --keep option or the
new --force option is used.

* Enhance the markdown formatter to more closely follow the CommonMark
specification with regard to text highlighting. Underscores in the
middle of identifiers (ex: fossil_printf()) no longer need to be
escaped.

* The markdown-to-html translator can prevent unsafe HTML (for example: