CVE-2008-2942 (GCVE-0-2008-2942)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-06-30 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
cve@mitre.org http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
cve@mitre.org http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4 Exploit
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551
cve@mitre.org https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
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