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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-bd3c3c957f
2017-02-09 01:14:52.524823
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Name        : viewvc
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 1.1.26
Release     : 1.fc25
URL         : https://www.viewvc.org/
Summary     : Browser interface for CVS and SVN version control repositories
Description :
ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control
repositories. It generates templatized HTML to present navigable directory,
revision, and change log listings. It can display specific versions of files
as well as diffs between those versions. Basically, ViewVC provides the bulk
of the report-like functionality you expect out of your version control tool,
but much more prettily than the average textual command-line program output.

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Update Information:

Version 1.1.26 (released 24-Jan-2017)    * security fix: escape nav_data name to
avoid XSS attack  Version 1.1.25 (released 15-Sep-2016)  * fix _rev2optrev
assertion on long input
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade viewvc' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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Fedora 25: viewvc Security Update

February 9, 2017
Version 1.1.26 (released 24-Jan-2017) * security fix: escape nav_data name to avoid XSS attack Version 1.1.25 (released 15-Sep-2016) * fix _rev2optrev assertion on long input

Summary

ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control

repositories. It generates templatized HTML to present navigable directory,

revision, and change log listings. It can display specific versions of files

as well as diffs between those versions. Basically, ViewVC provides the bulk

of the report-like functionality you expect out of your version control tool,

but much more prettily than the average textual command-line program output.

Update Information:

Version 1.1.26 (released 24-Jan-2017) * security fix: escape nav_data name to avoid XSS attack Version 1.1.25 (released 15-Sep-2016) * fix _rev2optrev assertion on long input

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-bd3c3c957f 2017-02-09 01:14:52.524823 Name : viewvc Product : Fedora 25 Version : 1.1.26 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://www.viewvc.org/ Summary : Browser interface for CVS and SVN version control repositories Description : ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. It generates templatized HTML to present navigable directory, revision, and change log listings. It can display specific versions of files as well as diffs between those versions. Basically, ViewVC provides the bulk of the report-like functionality you expect out of your version control tool, but much more prettily than the average textual command-line program output.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade viewvc' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : viewvc
Product : Fedora 25
Version : 1.1.26
Release : 1.fc25
URL : https://www.viewvc.org/
Summary : Browser interface for CVS and SVN version control repositories

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