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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-15415
2012-10-05 00:35:47
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Name : nikto
Product : Fedora 17
Version : 2.1.5
Release : 3.fc17
URL :
http://www.cirt.net/code/nikto.shtml
Summary : Web server scanner
Description :
Nikto is a web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web
servers for multiple items, including over 3300 potentially dangerous
files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems
on over 230 servers. Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and
can be automatically updated (if desired).
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Update Information:
fix libwhisker and databases director path
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Oct 4 2012 Michal Ambroz <rebus AT seznam.cz> - 1:2.1.5-3
- add databases directory
- omit initialization of SSL untill it is pushed to libwhiskers
beware this can result in usage of Net::SSLeay and memory leaks
* Tue Sep 18 2012 Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas(a)redhat.com> - 1:2.1.5-2
- Rewrite libwiskers patch
* Mon Sep 17 2012 Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas(a)redhat.com> - 1:2.1.5-1
- New upstream release
* Fri Jul 20 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> -
1:2.1.4-4
- Rebuilt for
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #862577 - Can not scan https / ssl in 2.1.5-2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862577
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update nikto' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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/keys
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