CVE-2014-9462

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-03-31

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Mercurial (Mercurial)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
• http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/119816
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19