MGASA-2016-0172

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    MGASA-2016-0172

    Published: 12 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-3105

    Summary: Updated mercurial packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: This update fixes possible arbitrary code execution when converting Git repos. Mercurial prior to 3.8 allowed arbitrary code execution when using the convert extension on Git repos with hostile names. This could affect automated code conversion services that allow arbitrary repository names. This is a further side-effect of Git CVE-2015-7545. Reported and fixed by Blake Burkhart.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0172.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18363, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3105, https://selenic.com/hg/rev/a56296f55a5e

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mercurial

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/mercurial?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.1-5.2.mga5

    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
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