Link Following Affecting mercurial-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.2.3-1.29.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-MERCURIALDEBUGINFO-1707862
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed5 Oct 2017

Introduced: 5 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-1000115  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 mercurial-debuginfo 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 mercurial-debuginfo package and not the mercurial-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository