Improper Certificate Validation in Mercurial - CVE-2010-4237
Published: October 29, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30720
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4237
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mercurial
Affected software:
Mercurial
Mercurial
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4237
Install update from vendor's website.