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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201709-18
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 24, 2017
Bugs: #621068, #627484
ID: 201709-18
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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 < 4.3 >= 4.3
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please
review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Impact
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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
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All Mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-vcs/mercurial-4.3”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000115
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-1000115
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-1000116
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-1000116
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-9462
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9462
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2017 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.
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