Debian DLA-1224-1 : mercurial security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 105488

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Mercurial version control system which could lead to remote arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2017-17458

A specially malformed Mercurial repository could cause Git subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a .git/hooks/post-update script checked into the parent repository.
Typical use of Mercurial prevents construction of such repositories, but they can be created programmatically.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.2-4+deb7u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your mercurial packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected mercurial, and mercurial-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 105488

File Name: debian_DLA-1224.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/29/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mercurial, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mercurial-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17458

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