Input validation error in Opensuse - CVE-2014-9462
Published: March 31, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40858
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9462
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
Opensuse
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9462
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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