Fedora 18 Update: nikto-2.1.5-4.fc18

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-1891
2013-02-03 12:58:58
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Name        : nikto
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 2.1.5
Release     : 4.fc18
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:

Backport fixes from rawhide to FC18 to fix bug 893376.

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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jan 17 2013 Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> - 1:2.1.5-4
- don't rpm-provide perl JSON modules (#885143)
* 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
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #893376 - Nikto broken package
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893376
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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
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