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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3257-1 (mercurial - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Jesse Hertz of Matasano Security discovered that Mercurial, a distributed version control system, is prone to a command injection vulnerability via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
Affected Software
Affected Software
mercurial on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-4+deb7u1. This update also includes a fix for CVE-2014-9390 previously scheduled for the next wheezy point release. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your mercurial packages.