USN-5102-1

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?arch=src?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

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "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"
        }
    ]
}