CVE-2017-1000115

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000115
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-05 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-10 14:58:00 UTC
DescriptionMercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mercurial Mercurial All All All All
Application Mercurial Mercurial All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3963-1 mercurial DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mercurial Remote Command Injection and Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-18) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
WhatsNew - Mercurial CONFIRM www.mercurial-scm.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296092 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 7.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 690301 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mercurial (b0628e53-092a-4037-938b-29805a7cd31b)
  • 710521 Gentoo Linux Mercurial Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-18)
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