SB2017062810 - Red Hat update for Mercurial
Published: June 28, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017062810
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9462)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper input validation in "hg serve --stdio". A remote attacker can use --debugger as a repository name and consequently execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.