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CVE-2008-2942

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.

Published

2008-06-30T20:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mercurial	mercurial	1.0.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072 ([email protected])
http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4 Exploit ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 (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 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)