CVE-2021-41259

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This update for nim fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2021-41259: Fixed vulnerability in URL parser that allowed a null byte bypass (boo#1192712)

This update for nim fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2021-41259: Fixed vulnerability in URL parser that allowed a null byte bypass (boo#1192712)

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

This update for nim fixes the following issues:

Includes upstream security fixes for:

• (boo#1175333, CVE-2020-15693) httpClient is vulnerable to a CR-LF injection
• (boo#1175334, CVE-2020-15692) mishandle of argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser
• (boo#1175332, CVE-2020-15694) httpClient.get().contentLength() fails to properly validate the server response
• (boo#1192712, CVE-2021-41259) null byte accepted in getContent function, leading to URI validation bypass
• (boo#1185948, CVE-2021-29495) stdlib httpClient does not validate peer certificates by default
• (boo#1185085, CVE-2021-21374) Improper verification of the SSL/TLS certificate
• (boo#1185084, CVE-2021-21373) 'nimble refresh' falls back to a non-TLS URL in case of error
• (boo#1185083, CVE-2021-21372) doCmd can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands
• (boo#1181705, CVE-2020-15690) Standard library asyncftpclient lacks a check for newline character

Following nim tools now work as expected:

• nim_dbg is now installed.
• nim-gdb can be successfully launched as it finds and loads nim-gdb.py correctly under gdb.
• nimble package manager stores package information per user.
• compiler package can be found and used, as it may be required by other packages.

Update to 1.6.6

• standard library use consistent styles for variable names so it can be used in projects which force a consistent style with --styleCheck:usages option.
• ARC/ORC are now considerably faster at method dispatching, bringing its performance back on the level of the refc memory management.
• Full changelog: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2022/05/05/version-166-released.html

• Previous updates and changelogs:

• 1.6.4: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2022/02/08/version-164-released.html
• 1.6.2: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/12/17/version-162-released.html
• 1.6.0: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/10/19/version-160-released.html
• 1.4.8: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/05/25/version-148-released.html
• 1.4.6: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/04/15/versions-146-and-1212-released.html
• 1.4.4: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/02/23/versions-144-and-1210-released.html
• 1.4.2: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/12/01/version-142-released.html
• 1.4.0: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/10/16/version-140-released.html

Update to 1.2.16

• oids: switch from PRNG to random module
• nimc.rst: fix table markup
• nimRawSetjmp: support Windows
• correctly enable chronos
• bigints are not supposed to work on 1.2.x
• disable nimpy
• misc bugfixes
• fixes a 'mixin' statement handling regression [backport:1.2

Update to version 1.2.12

• Fixed GC crash resulting from inlining of the memory allocation procs
• Fixed “incorrect raises effect for $(NimNode)” (#17454)

• from version 1.2.10

• Fixed “JS backend doesn’t handle float->int type conversion “ (#8404)
• Fixed “The “try except” not work when the “OSError: Too many open files” error occurs!” (#15925)
• Fixed “Nim emits #line 0 C preprocessor directives with –debugger:native, with ICE in gcc-10” (#15942)
• Fixed “tfuturevar fails when activated” (#9695)
• Fixed “nre.escapeRe is not gcsafe” (#16103)
• Fixed ““Error: internal error: genRecordFieldAux” - in the “version-1-4” branch” (#16069)
• Fixed “-d:fulldebug switch does not compile with gc:arc” (#16214)
• Fixed “osLastError may randomly raise defect and crash” (#16359)
• Fixed “generic importc proc’s don’t work (breaking lots of vmops procs for js)” (#16428)
• Fixed “Concept: codegen ignores parameter passing” (#16897)
• Fixed “{.push exportc.} interacts with anonymous functions” (#16967)
• Fixed “memory allocation during {.global.} init breaks GC” (#17085)
• Fixed 'Nimble arbitrary code execution for specially crafted package metadata'
  • https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p
  • (boo#1185083, CVE-2021-21372)
• Fixed 'Nimble falls back to…

This update for nim fixes the following issues:

Includes upstream security fixes for:

• (boo#1175333, CVE-2020-15693) httpClient is vulnerable to a CR-LF injection
• (boo#1175334, CVE-2020-15692) mishandle of argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser
• (boo#1175332, CVE-2020-15694) httpClient.get().contentLength() fails to properly validate the server response
• (boo#1192712, CVE-2021-41259) null byte accepted in getContent function, leading to URI validation bypass
• (boo#1185948, CVE-2021-29495) stdlib httpClient does not validate peer certificates by default
• (boo#1185085, CVE-2021-21374) Improper verification of the SSL/TLS certificate
• (boo#1185084, CVE-2021-21373) 'nimble refresh' falls back to a non-TLS URL in case of error
• (boo#1185083, CVE-2021-21372) doCmd can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands
• (boo#1181705, CVE-2020-15690) Standard library asyncftpclient lacks a check for newline character

Update to 1.6.6

• standard library use consistent styles for variable names so it can be used in projects which force a consistent style with --styleCheck:usages option.
• ARC/ORC are now considerably faster at method dispatching, bringing its performance back on the level of the refc memory management.
• Full changelog: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2022/05/05/version-166-released.html

• Previous updates and changelogs:

• 1.6.4: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2022/02/08/version-164-released.html
• 1.6.2: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/12/17/version-162-released.html
• 1.6.0: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/10/19/version-160-released.html
• 1.4.8: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/05/25/version-148-released.html
• 1.4.6: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/04/15/versions-146-and-1212-released.html
• 1.4.4: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/02/23/versions-144-and-1210-released.html
• 1.4.2: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/12/01/version-142-released.html
• 1.4.0: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/10/16/version-140-released.html

update to 1.2.16

• oids: switch from PRNG to random module
• nimc.rst: fix table markup
• nimRawSetjmp: support Windows
• correctly enable chronos
• bigints are not supposed to work on 1.2.x
• disable nimpy
• misc bugfixes
• fixes a 'mixin' statement handling regression [backport:1.2

These are all security issues fixed in the nim-1.6.6-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.