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Scientific Linux Security Update : mercurial on SL7.x x86_64 (20170817)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 102676
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Security Fix(es) :- A vulnerability was found in the way Mercurial handles path auditing and caches the results. An attacker could abuse a repository with a series of commits mixing symlinks and regular files/directories to trick Mercurial into writing outside of a given repository.
(CVE-2017-1000115)
- A shell command injection flaw related to the handling of 'ssh' URLs has been discovered in Mercurial. This can be exploited to execute shell commands with the privileges of the user running the Mercurial client, for example, when performing a 'checkout' or 'update' action on a sub- repository within a malicious repository or a legitimate repository containing a malicious commit.
(CVE-2017-1000116)
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 102676
File Name: sl_20170817_mercurial_on_SL7_x.nasl
Version: 3.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/22/2017
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:emacs-mercurial, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:emacs-mercurial-el, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mercurial, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mercurial-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mercurial-hgk, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2017