Improper Access Control Affecting mercurial package, versions <3.1.2-2+deb8u3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.34% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-MERCURIAL-311121
- published 9 May 2016
- disclosed 9 May 2016
Introduced: 9 May 2016
CVE-2016-3105 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
mercurial
to version 3.1.2-2+deb8u3 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.
The convert extension in Mercurial before 3.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git repository name.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3105
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3570
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- https://selenic.com/hg/rev/a56296f55a5e
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.8_.2F_3.8.1_.282016-5-1.29
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00082.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90536
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-3105