CVE-2008-2942

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    CVE-2008-2942

    Published: 30 Jun 2008Last Modified: 6 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Directory 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31108, http://secunia.com/advisories/31110, http://secunia.com/advisories/31167, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml, http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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