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Fedora 21 openvas-scanner Security Advisory FEDORA-2015-10514 Moderate

Bump to openvas8 because of the issues found in previous versions. This should be the first version with scanner really working on Fedora.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-10514 2015-06-22 04:43:45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : openvas-scanner Product : Fedora 21 Version : 5.0.3 Release : 3.fc21 URL : Summary : Open Vulnerability Assessment (OpenVAS) Scanner Description : Scanner module for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Bump to openvas8 because of the issues found in previous versions. This should be the first version with scanner really working on Fedora. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 5.0.3-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild * Fri May 29 2015 Michal Ambroz - 5.0.3-2 - fixing build error with gcrypt when RPM_OPT_FLAGS not used * Tue May 26 2015 Michal Ambroz - 5.0.3-1 - Update to OpenVAS-8 openvas-scanner release 5.0.3 * Sat Apr 4 2015 Michal Ambroz - 4.0.6-1 - Update to OpenVAS-7 openvas-scanner release 4.0.6 * Sat Dec 6 2014 Michal Ambroz - 4.0.5-1 - Update to OpenVAS-7 openvas-scanner release 4.0.5 * Fri Nov 7 2014 Michal Ambroz - 4.0.4-2 - removed sysvinit subpackage - not needed anymore * Wed Nov 5 2014 Michal Ambroz - 4.0.4-1 - Update to OpenVAS-7 openvas-scanner release 4.0.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1169170 - openvas-manager: SQL injection related to the timezone parameter [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169170 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the"yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update openvas-scanner' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . 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 https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . An update for openvas-scanner has been released in Fedora 21, addressing prior version issues and enhancing overall scanning capabilities.. OpenVAS Update,Fedora Security,Scanning Tool,Open Source Scanner. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 30, 2015 Fedora