-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-3249 2009-04-02 16:29:38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : nikto Product : Fedora 10 Version : 2.03 Release : 1.fc10 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).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
New upstream release, various enhancements and fixes: - Fingerprinting web servers via favicon.ico files - 404 checking for each file type - Enhanced false positive reduction via multiple methods: headers, page content, and content hashing - Scan tuning to include or exclude entire classes of vulnerability checks - Expanded scan database can have multiple positive or negative triggers, to allow AND/OR/NOT for flexible checks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Wed Apr 1 2009 Sindre Pedersen Bjørdal sindrepb@fedoraproject.org - 2.03-1 - New upstream release * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org - 1.36-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #493148 - Version 2.03 Available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493148 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/keys --------------------------------------------------------------------------------