openSUSE Security Update : mercurial (openSUSE-SU-2010:1029-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75643

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of mercurial improves the SSL certificate validation process. CVE-2010-4237: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (moderate) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Solution

Update the affected mercurial package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645293

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-12/msg00016.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75643

File Name: suse_11_3_mercurial-101203.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4237