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Mercurial Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Mercurial and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to, - The mpatch_decode function in mpatch.c mishandles certain situations where there should be at least 12 bytes remaining after the current position in the patch data, but actually are not. - The mpatch_apply function in mpatch.c incorrectly proceeds in cases where the fragment start is past the end of the original data. - The mpatch.c mishandles integer addition and subtraction.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mercurial before version 4.6.1
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Mercurial 4.6.1 or later. Please see the references for more information.