Debian DSA-3257-1 : mercurial - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 83336

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jesse Hertz of Matasano Security discovered that Mercurial, a distributed version control system, is prone to a command injection vulnerability via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

Solution

Upgrade the mercurial packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-4+deb7u1. This update also includes a fix for CVE-2014-9390 previously scheduled for the next wheezy point release.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-2+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83336

File Name: debian_DSA-3257.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/12/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mercurial, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9462

BID: 73688

DSA: 3257

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