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Fedora 23: Critical XSS And Buffer Issues Fixed - cgit Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Debian cgit Security Upgrade fixes several issues and boosts web interface efficiency via improved caching mechanisms.
Update to 0.12

Summary

Cgit is a fast web interface for git. It uses caching to increase performance.

Update Information:

Update to 0.12. Fixes bug #1298912

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora software patch buffer issue XSS fix

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1298851 - CVE-2016-1899 cgit: Reflected XSS and header injection in mimetype query string https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298851 [ 2 ] Bug #1298854 - CVE-2016-1900 cgit: Stored Cross Site Scripting & Header Injection in Filename Parameter https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298854 [ 3 ] Bug #1298860 - CVE-2016-1901 cgit: Integer Overflow resulting in Buffer Overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298860

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update cgit' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: cgit
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 0.12
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
Summary: A fast web interface for git

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora software patch buffer issue XSS fix

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