CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9462
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.
Affected configurations
• mercurial mercurial (< 4.1.3)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/861243 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/861243 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory