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Critical DLA-2293-1 6 CVEs

mercurial - security update

Published Jul 27, 2020 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 9 mercurial 4.0-1+deb9u2

Vulnerabilities 6

  • Critical 9.8

    Mercurial vulnerable to arbitrary code injection

    In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause Git subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a .git/hooks/post-update script checked into the repository. Typical use of Mercurial prevents construction of s…

  • Critical 9.8

    Mercurial mishandles integer addition and subtraction

    mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 mishandles integer addition and subtraction, aka OVE-20180430-0002.

  • Critical 9.1

    Mercurial Incorrect Access Control vulnerability

    Mercurial version 4.5 and earlier contains a Incorrect Access Control (CWE-285) vulnerability in Protocol server that can result in Unauthorized data access. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have bee…

  • High 7.5

    Mercurial Improper Input Validation vulnerability

    The mpatch_apply function in mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 incorrectly proceeds in cases where the fragment start is past the end of the original data, aka OVE-20180430-0004.

  • High 7.5

    Mercurial Improper Input Validation vulnerability

    The mpatch_decode function in mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 mishandles certain situations where there should be at least 12 bytes remaining after the current position in the patch data, but actually are not, aka OVE-20180430-0001.

  • Medium 5.1

    Mercurial Path Traversal/Link Following vulnerability

    A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9. It was possible to use symlinks and subrepositories to defeat Mercurial's path-checking logic and write files outside a repository.