Bug 1204807 – CVE-2014-9462 mercurial: command Injection via sshpeer._validaterepo()

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Bug 1204807 - (CVE-2014-9462) CVE-2014-9462 mercurial: command Injection via sshpeer._validaterepo()

Summary:	CVE-2014-9462 mercurial: command Injection via sshpeer._validaterepo()

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2014-9462

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1204811
Blocks:	1204810
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Reported:	2015-03-23 10:24 EDT by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified:	2015-08-03 02:30 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2015-08-03 02:30:54 EDT
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-23 10:24:50 EDT

Following commit fixes code injection issue in Mercurial:

http://selenic.com/hg/rev/e3f30068d2eb

Detailed description of the attack vector is available here:

http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html

Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-23 10:26:52 EDT

Created mercurial tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1204811]

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-07-20 01:47:42 EDT

Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

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