Description
In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576 ↗
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499 ↗
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/861243 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123 ↗