Bug 1322266 - CVE-2016-3068 mercurial: arbitrary code execution with Git subrepos
Summary: CVE-2016-3068 mercurial: arbitrary code execution with Git subrepos
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1319768
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1322268
Blocks: 1322269
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Reported: 2016-03-30 07:38 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: mercurial 3.7.3
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-04-04 08:08:02 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-03-30 07:38:18 UTC 
Mercurial prior to 3.7.3 allowed URLs for Git subrepos that could result in arbitrary code execution on clone. This is a further side-effect of Git CVE-2015-7545.

External references:

https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29

Upstream fix:

https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/34d43cb85de8
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-03-30 07:43:38 UTC 
Created mercurial tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1322268]
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-04-04 08:08:02 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1319768 ***
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-04-07 15:47:57 UTC 
mercurial-3.5.2-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-04-07 15:50:20 UTC 
mercurial-3.5.2-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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