USN-5102-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5102-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5102-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5102-1

Related

Published

2021-10-04T17:25:49.442440Z

Modified

2021-10-04T17:25:49.442440Z

Summary

mercurial vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files to the target’s filesystem. (CVE-2019-3902)

It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled certain manifest files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17983)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mercurial

Package

Name: mercurial
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mercurial@4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.3.1-2

4.5-1ubuntu1

4.5.2-0ubuntu2

4.5.3-1ubuntu2

4.5.3-1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "mercurial"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "mercurial-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "mercurial-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}