OS Command Injection Affecting emacs-mercurial package, versions <0:4.2.3-1.29.amzn1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed5 Oct 2017
Introduced: 5 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-1000116 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 emacs-mercurial to version 0:4.2.3-1.29.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-893.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-mercurial package and not the emacs-mercurial package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-10.29
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000116
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489