critical9.8
CVE-2017-17458
Mercurial vulnerable to arbitrary code injection
Impact
In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause Git subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a `.git/hooks/post-update` script checked into the repository. Typical use of Mercurial prevents construction of such repositories, but they can be created programmatically.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | mercurial | < 4.4.1 | 4.4.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mercurial | Mercurial | before 4.4.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 7.0, 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102926
- https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5730
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-security-advisory-2018-01-24-942834324.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00032.html
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2017-November/107333.html
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.4.1_.282017-11-07.29
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6v56-cpg6-3rpx
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17458
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227132808/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102926
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2017-90.yaml