OS command injection in Mercurial - CVE-2017-17458
Published: March 6, 2018 / Updated: March 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10849
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17458
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mercurial
Affected software:
Mercurial
Mercurial
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to cross repositories modification. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted mercurial repository and trigger arbitrary commands on a client during commands such as clone or update.
The weakness exists due to cross repositories modification. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted mercurial repository and trigger arbitrary commands on a client during commands such as clone or update.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17458
Update to version 4.4.1.