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Directory Traversal Affecting mercurial package, versions <1.0.1-2

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.77% (81st percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-MERCURIAL-311134
  • published 30 Jun 2008
  • disclosed 30 Jun 2008
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Introduced: 30 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2942 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 mercurial to version 1.0.1-2 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.

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.