Improper Input Validation Affecting mercurial-hgk package, versions <0:2.6.2-8.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.28% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-MERCURIALHGK-4772521
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-1000116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 mercurial-hgk to version 0:2.6.2-8.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2489.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mercurial-hgk package and not the mercurial-hgk package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks.