CVE-2016-3630

Description

The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.

References

https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29

https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89

https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cf

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3