CVE-2010-4237
Published: 29 October 2019
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | may not be an issue for lucid and earlier due to python being v2.6 or older |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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mercurial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
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| lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| natty |
Not vulnerable
(1.6.4-1)
|
|
| oneiric |
Not vulnerable
(1.6.4-1)
|
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
(1.6.4-1)
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
(1.6.4-1)
|
|
| raring |
Not vulnerable
(1.6.4-1)
|
|
| saucy |
Not vulnerable
(1.6.4-1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(1.6.4)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/diff/f2937d6492c5/mercurial/url.py |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.9 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |