GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2HighCVSS 8.8
Mercurial has Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/mercurial:< 4.1.3
🔗 References (11)
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
- 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
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2017-91.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227162318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123