GHSA-9vjf-jjcq-3gh7
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GHSA-9vjf-jjcq-3gh7
Summary: Mercurial arbitrary code execution vulnerability
Details: The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3630, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2016-29.yaml, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19, https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cf, https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89, https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Affected packages
Package
Name: mercurial
Purl: pkg:pypi/mercurial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
