Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting mercurial package, versions <3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.62% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-MERCURIAL-311119
  • published14 Mar 2018
  • disclosed14 Mar 2018

Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000132  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 mercurial to version 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mercurial version 4.5 and earlier contains a Incorrect Access Control (CWE-285) vulnerability in Protocol server that can result in Unauthorized data access. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.5.1.