DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942

    Published: 30 Jun 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-2942

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2942

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mercurial

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.1-2

    Affected versions

    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