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FreeBSD : mercurial -- multiple vulnerabilities (e1085b15-f609-11e5-a230-0014a5a57822)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90291

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Mercurial reports :

CVE-2016-3630: Remote code execution in binary delta decoding

CVE-2016-3068: Arbitrary code execution with Git subrepos

CVE-2016-3069: Arbitrary code execution when converting Git repos

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4287d91f

http://www.nessus.org/u?1640f8b9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90291

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e1085b15f60911e5a2300014a5a57822.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 4/1/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mercurial, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3068, CVE-2016-3069, CVE-2016-3630