GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2
Mercurial has Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2017-9462
- Aliases
- PYSEC-2017-91
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · mercurial | introduced 0, fixed 4.1.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9462 ADVISORY
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576 WEB
- https://bugs.debian.org/861243 WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2017-91.yaml WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html WEB
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 WEB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227162318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123 WEB
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499 WEB
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29 WEB
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |