ghsa-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-07-13 15:17
Modified
2024-10-01 19:23
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Mercurial has Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "mercurial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9462"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-732"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:37:26Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2",
  "modified": "2024-10-01T19:23:42Z",
  "published": "2018-07-13T15:17:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9462"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/861243"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghjx-3jg5-h6r2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2017-91.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227162318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Mercurial has Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"
}


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