CVE-2017-9462 (GCVE-0-2017-9462)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-06-06 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 17:11
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.debian.org/861243 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.debian.org/861243 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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