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openSUSE Security Update : mercurial (openSUSE-2017-941)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 102560
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for mercurial fixes the following issues :Mercurial was updated to 4.2.3, a security fix update for
- CVE-2017-1000115: Incomplete symlink auditing allowed writing to files outside of the repository (boo#1053344)
- CVE-2017-1000116: Client-side code execution via argument injection in SSH URLs (boo#1052696)
Solution
Update the affected mercurial packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 102560
File Name: openSUSE-2017-941.nasl
Version: 3.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/18/2017
Updated: 11/26/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000116
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial-lang
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2017