Bug 464631 (CVE-2008-4297) - CVE-2008-4297 mercurial: missing allowpull permission check in hgweb
Summary: CVE-2008-4297 mercurial: missing allowpull permission check in hgweb
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2008-4297
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 464632 464633 464634
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-09-29 19:10 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2022-04-20 12:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-04-15 07:15:39 UTC
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Description Josh Bressers 2008-09-29 19:10:36 UTC 
Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission
setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers
to read arbitrary files from a repository via an "hg pull" request.

Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20080918 CVE Request (mercurial)
Reference: URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122169840003798&w=2
Reference: CONFIRM:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0276
Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WhatsNew#head-905b8adb3420a77d92617e06590055bd8952e02b
Reference: CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2753
Reference: BID:31223
Reference: URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31223
Reference: FRSIRT:ADV-2008-2604
Reference: URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2604
Comment 2 Dennis Gilmore 2009-04-15 07:15:39 UTC 
updated to 1.2
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