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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3257-1 (mercurial - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)