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Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2017-856
Advisory Release Date: 2017-07-06 19:06 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2017-07-06 22:57 Pacific
Severity:
Important
References:
CVE-2017-9462
Issue Overview:
Python debugger accessible to authorized users:
A flaw was found in the way "hg serve --stdio" command in Mercurial handled command-line options. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Mercurial server by using specially crafted command-line options. (CVE-2017-9462)
Affected Packages:
mercurial
Issue Correction:
Run yum update mercurial to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
mercurial-python26-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.i686
mercurial-debuginfo-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.i686
mercurial-common-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.i686
mercurial-python27-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.i686
emacs-mercurial-el-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.i686
emacs-mercurial-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.i686
src:
mercurial-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.src
x86_64:
mercurial-python27-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.x86_64
mercurial-python26-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.x86_64
emacs-mercurial-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.x86_64
mercurial-common-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.x86_64
mercurial-debuginfo-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.x86_64
emacs-mercurial-el-3.7.3-1.28.amzn1.x86_64