[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 5 Update: cgit-0.9.0.2-2.el5
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Tue Aug 16 21:04:55 UTC 2011
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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2011-3887
2011-07-22 19:02:16
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Name : cgit
Product : Fedora EPEL 5
Version : 0.9.0.2
Release : 2.el5
URL : http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/
Summary : A fast web interface for git
Description :
Cgit is a fast web interface for git. It uses caching to increase performance.
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Update Information:
This update fixes a potential XSS vulnerability¹. A malicious user would need push access to the git server in order to exploit this issue. Refer to the cgit mailing list for:
Numerous minor bugs are also fixed. For details, refer to the upstream release announcements for 0.9.0.1² and 0.9.0.2³.
¹ http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2011-July/000276.html
² http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2011-June/000183.html
³ http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2011-July/000273.html
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #725042 - CVE-2011-2711 cgit: XSS flaw in rename hint
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725042
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update cgit' 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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