Fedora EPEL 5 Update: skipfish-1.32-0.4.b.el5
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jun 9 15:46:41 UTC 2010
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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2010-2770
2010-05-10 19:20:44
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Name : skipfish
Product : Fedora EPEL 5
Version : 1.32
Release : 0.4.b.el5
URL : http://code.google.com/p/skipfish/
Summary : Web application security scanner
Description :
High-performance, easy, and sophisticated Web application security testing
tool. It features a single-threaded multiplexing HTTP stack, heuristic
detection of obscure Web frameworks, and advanced, differential security
checks capable of detecting blind injection vulnerabilities, stored XSS,
and so forth.
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Update Information:
A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool. Key
features: * High speed: pure C code, highly optimized HTTP handling, minimal
CPU footprint - easily achieving 2000 requests per second with responsive
targets * Ease of use: heuristics to support a variety of quirky web frameworks
and mixed-technology sites, with automatic learning capabilities, on-the-fly
wordlist creation, and form autocompletion. * Cutting-edge security logic: high
quality, low false positive, differential security checks, capable of spotting a
range of subtle flaws, including blind injection vectors.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #576431 - Package Review: skipfish - Web application security scanner
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576431
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update skipfish' 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 EPEL 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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