Improper Input Validation Affecting mercurial package, versions <3.1.2-2+deb8u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.14% (91st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-MERCURIAL-311054
- published 31 Mar 2015
- disclosed 31 Mar 2015
Introduced: 31 Mar 2015
CVE-2014-9462 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
mercurial
to version 3.1.2-2+deb8u1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9462
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9462
- http://www.osvdb.org/119816