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Severity: Normal
Title: Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 07, 2016
Bugs: #533008, #544332, #578546, #582238
ID: 201612-19
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mercurial, the worst of
which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Mercurial is a distributed source control management system.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-vcs/mercurial < 3.8.4 >= 3.8.4
Description
===========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please
review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.
Impact
======
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-vcs/mercurial-3.8.4”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9390
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9390
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-9462
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9462
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-3068
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3068
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-3069
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3069
[ 5 ] CVE-2016-3105
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3105
[ 6 ] CVE-2016-3630
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3630
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 07, 2016
Bugs: #533008, #544332, #578546, #582238
ID: 201612-19
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Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mercurial, the worst of
which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
==========
Mercurial is a distributed source control management system.
Affected packages
=================
——————————————————————-
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
——————————————————————-
1 dev-vcs/mercurial < 3.8.4 >= 3.8.4
Description
===========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please
review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.
Impact
======
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-vcs/mercurial-3.8.4”
References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9390
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9390″>http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9390</a>
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-9462
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9462″>http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9462</a>
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-3068
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3068″>http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3068</a>
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-3069
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3069″>http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3069</a>
[ 5 ] CVE-2016-3105
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3105″>http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3105</a>
[ 6 ] CVE-2016-3630
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3630″>http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3630</a>
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19″>https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19</a>
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
<a class=”moz-txt-link-abbreviated” href=”mailto:security@gentoo.org”>security@gentoo.org</a> or alternatively, you may file a bug at
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”https://bugs.gentoo.org”>https://bugs.gentoo.org</a>.
License
=======
Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
<a class=”moz-txt-link-freetext” href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5″>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5</a></pre>
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