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openSUSE Security Update : mercurial (openSUSE-2015-268)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82426

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

mercurial was updated to fix a command Injection via sshpeer._validaterepo() (CVE-2014-9462, bnc#923070).

Solution

Update the affected mercurial packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=923070

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82426

File Name: openSUSE-2015-268.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mercurial-lang

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9462