USN-6770-1: Fossil regression

Publication date

9 May 2024

Overview

Fossil regression


Packages

  • fossil - DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets datab

Details

USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. The
update lead to the discovery of a regression in Fossil with
regards to the handling of POST requests that do not have a
Content-Length field set. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. The
update lead to the discovery of a regression in Fossil with
regards to the handling of POST requests that do not have a
Content-Length field set. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 noble fossil –  1:2.23-1ubuntu0.1
23.10 mantic fossil –  1:2.22-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy fossil –  1:2.18-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal fossil –  1:2.10-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic fossil –  1:2.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial fossil –  1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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