Directory Traversal Affecting mercurial package, versions <1.0.1-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.77% (82nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-MERCURIAL-311134
- published 30 Jun 2008
- disclosed 30 Jun 2008
Introduced: 30 Jun 2008
CVE-2008-2942 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
mercurial
to version 1.0.1-2 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.
Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2942
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
- http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551