CVE-2008-2942

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2942
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-30 20:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mercurial Mercurial 1.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mercurial: 87c704ac92d4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.selenic.com Exploit
Mercurial Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mercurial: Directory traversal — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE id request mercurial:Insufficient input validation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Mercurial 'patch.py' Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for mercurial - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - CVE id request mercurial:Insufficient input validation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995369 Python (Pip) Security Update for mercurial (GHSA-v2gw-x5jf-pgwv)
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