MGASA-2017-0182

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    MGASA-2017-0182

    Published: 26 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9462

    Summary: Updated mercurial packages fix security vulnerability

    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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0182.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20849, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-06/msg00007.html, https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mercurial

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.1-5.3.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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