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RedHat Update for mercurial RHSA-2017:1576-01
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
Mercurial is a fast, lightweight source control management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects. Security Fix(es): * A flaw was found in the way 'hg serve - -stdio' command in Mercurial handled command-line options. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Mercurial server by using specially crafted command-line options. (CVE-2017-9462)
Affected Software
Affected Software
mercurial on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.