A shell command injection flaw related to the handling of "ssh" URLs has been discovered in Mercurial. This can be exploited to execute shell commands with the privileges of the user running the Mercurial client, for example, when performing a "checkout" or "update" action on a sub-repository within a malicious repository or a legitimate repository containing a malicious commit.
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000116 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mercurial) | RHSA-2017:2489 | 2017-08-17 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mercurial | Will not fix |
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