Mercurial hgweb 'allowpull' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:31223

Info

Mercurial hgweb 'allowpull' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31223
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4297
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 13 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 07 2008 07:48PM
Credit: This issue was reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
rPath rPath Linux 2
Mercurial Mercurial 1.0.1
Not Vulnerable: Mercurial Mercurial 1.0.2

Discussion

Mercurial hgweb 'allowpull' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Mercurial is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because it fails to honor specific configuration options.

Attackers can exploit this issue to view files contained in the vulnerable repository.

Mercurial 1.0.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Mercurial hgweb 'allowpull' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a web browser.

Solution / Fix

Mercurial hgweb 'allowpull' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for more information.

References

Mercurial hgweb 'allowpull' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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