Improper Input Validation Affecting mercurial package, versions <3.7.3-1
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4.48% (93rd
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-MERCURIAL-311152
- published 13 Apr 2016
- disclosed 13 Apr 2016
Introduced: 13 Apr 2016
CVE-2016-3069 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 mercurial to version 3.7.3-1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name when converting a Git repository.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3069
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/197eed39e3d5
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/80cac1de6aea
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/ae279d4a19e9
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b732e7f2aba4
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/cdda7b96afff
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0706.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-3069
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