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CVE-2017-1000115

Published: 5 October 2017

Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mercurial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (4.3.1-2)
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

trusty
Released (2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4)
upstream
Released (4.3.1-1)
xenial
Released (3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N