SB2018101104 - Denial of service in Mercurial
Published: October 11, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018101104
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17983)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the cext/manifest.c file due to improper parsing of manifest entries. A remote attacker can send a manifest entry that submits malicious input, trigger an out-of-bounds read condition to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.