UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9462

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9462
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9462.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9462
Upstream
Published
2017-06-06T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:17Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mercurial@2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.3-1
2.7.2-1
2.8.1-2
2.8.2-1ubuntu1
2.8.2-1ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial",
            "binary_version": "2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial-common",
            "binary_version": "2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9462.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mercurial@3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4-1ubuntu2
3.6.2-1ubuntu2
3.7.3-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial",
            "binary_version": "3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial-common",
            "binary_version": "3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9462.json"