DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2942
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942
Upstream
Published
2008-06-30T20:41:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:36.459590Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942.json"

Debian:12 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942.json"

Debian:13 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942.json"

Debian:14 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942.json"