Mercurial up to 3.7.2 GIT Repository Conversion input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mercurial up to 3.7.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component GIT Repository Conversion. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-3069. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mercurial up to 3.7.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component GIT Repository Conversion. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name when converting a Git repository.

The weakness was released 04/13/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3069 since 03/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90370 (Debian DSA-3542-1 : mercurial - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 256008 (CentOS Security Update for mercurial (CESA-2016:0706)).

Upgrading to version 3.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (90370). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-82345 and VDB-82347. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 90370
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3542-1 : mercurial - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-697
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mercurial 3.7.3

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03/09/2016 🔍
04/05/2016 +26 days 🔍
04/07/2016 +2 days 🔍
04/13/2016 +6 days 🔍
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04/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/24/2022 +2292 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0706
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3069 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3069
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82346

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2016 10:01
Updated: 07/24/2022 14:12
Changes: 04/14/2016 10:01 (44), 10/06/2018 11:20 (29), 07/24/2022 14:12 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:DE5:103

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