openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1 Security update for fossil

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Security update for Fossil SCM fixes TLS hostname verification and other issues, requiring users to upgrade to the latest version.

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Fix
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What is openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1?

openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1 is a vulnerability in fossil, published on 17 Jul 2021.

Official description

This update for fossil fixes the following issues:

fossil 2.16:

  • Add the fossil patch command
  • Improve the fossil ui command to work on check-out directories and remote machines
  • web UI improvements
  • Add fossil bisect run command for improved automation of bisects
  • Improve fossil merge handling of renames
  • wiki now defaults to markdown
  • email alerts can now be set to expire to prevent sending mail to abandoned accounts forever

fossil 2.15.2:

  • Fix the client-side TLS so that it verifies that the server hostname matches its certificate (boo#1187988)

fossil 2.15.1:

  • fix access to tables starting 'fx_' in ticket report

fossil 2.15:

  • Relax default Content Security policy to allow images to be loaded from any URL
  • Updates to skins and their configuration options
  • Built-in skin can now be selected via the skin= request parameter and the /skins page.
  • /cookies page can now now delete individual cookies
  • Various extensions to diff displaz and operations
  • Add the –list option to the tarball, zip, and sqlar commands.
  • New TH1 commands: 'builtin_request_js', 'capexpr', 'foreach', 'lappend', and 'string match'
  • The leaves command now shows the branch point of each leaf.
  • The fossil add command refuses to add files whose names are reserved by Windows (ex: 'aux') unless the –allow-reserved option is included.

fossil 2.14

  • add fossil chat
  • enhanced fossil clone
  • performance optimization
  • enhanced documents
  • Pikchr improvements
  • Schema Update Notice #1: This release drops a trigger from the database schema
  • Schema Update Notice #2: This release changes how the descriptions of wiki edits are stored in the EVENT table, for improved display on timelines

fossil 2.13:

  • wiki improvements: interwiki links, markup features
  • support for rendering pikchr markup scriptions
  • line number modes support interactive selection of range of lines to hyperlink to
  • Enhance finfo page to track a file across renames
  • minimum/bundled version of sqlite increased to 3.34.0

Which versions are affected by openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1?

Linux distribution packages (2)
fossil SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3All versions2.16-bp153.2.3.1
fossil openSUSE:Leap 15.3All versions2.16-bp153.2.3.1

How do I fix openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of openSUSE-SU-2021:1050-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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