GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2

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    GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 1 Oct 2024

    Summary: Mercurial has Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

    Details: In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9462, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576, https://bugs.debian.org/861243, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2017-91.yaml, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18, https://web.archive.org/web/20200227162318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123, https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499, https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mercurial

    Purl: pkg:pypi/mercurial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.1.3

    Affected versions

    0.8.1

    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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