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GLSA-201709-18 : Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103446

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-18 (Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-vcs/mercurial-4.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103446

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201709-18.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mercurial, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Mercurial Custom hg-ssh Wrapper Remote Code Exec)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000115, CVE-2017-1000116, CVE-2017-9462

GLSA: 201709-18