Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting mercurial package, versions <3.1.2-2+deb8u5


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.29% (69th percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-MERCURIAL-311112
  • published 14 Mar 2018
  • disclosed 14 Mar 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 mercurial to version 3.1.2-2+deb8u5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mercurial package and not the mercurial package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 been fixed in 4.5.1.