Improper Input Validation Affecting mercurial package, versions <4.5.2-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-MERCURIAL-2763630
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Jul 2018

Introduced: 19 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13346  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 mercurial to version 4.5.2-3.3.1 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mpatch_apply function in mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 incorrectly proceeds in cases where the fragment start is past the end of the original data, aka OVE-20180430-0004.