Directory Traversal Affecting mercurial package, versions <0:2.6.2-8.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-MERCURIAL-2091923
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-1000115  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 mercurial to version 0:2.6.2-8.el7_4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mercurial package and not the mercurial package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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