SB2015033109 - Input validation error in Novell Opensuse
Published: March 31, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015033109
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9462)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/119816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19