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MiracleLinux 4 : mercurial-1.4-5.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-1710:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 289890

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-1710:01 advisory.

 Mercurial is a fast, lightweight source control management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
 Quick start: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/QuickStart Tutorial: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Tutorial Extensions: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/CategoryExtension Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2017-9462 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected mercurial package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/8142

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 289890

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-1710.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:mercurial

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9462