Fedora 17 Update: nikto-2.1.5-3.fc17

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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 at redhat.com> - 1:2.1.5-2
- Rewrite libwiskers patch
* Mon Sep 17 2012 Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas at redhat.com> - 1:2.1.5-1
- New upstream release
* Fri Jul 20 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at 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.
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