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Debian DSA-3570-1 : mercurial - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 90929

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Synopsis

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

Description

Blake Burkhart discovered an arbitrary code execution flaw in Mercurial, a distributed version control system, when using the convert extension on Git repositories with specially crafted names.
This flaw in particular affects automated code conversion services that allow arbitrary repository names.

Solution

Upgrade the mercurial packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-2+deb8u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/mercurial

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3570

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90929

File Name: debian_DSA-3570.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3105

DSA: 3570