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High ELSA-2017-1576 1 CVE

Important: mercurial security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Jun 27, 2017 · Updated Jun 27, 2017

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[1.4-5]
- Fixes CVE-2017-9462

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 emacs-mercurial 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
Oracle Linux · 7 emacs-mercurial-el 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
Oracle Linux · 7 mercurial 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
Oracle Linux · 7 mercurial-hgk 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2017-9462 Public exploit EPSS 22%

    Mercurial has Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

    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.

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