CVE-2008-2942 — Path Traversal in Mercurial

CWE-22 — Path TraversalCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MercurialDebian Mercurial
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/mercurial< mercurial 1.0.1-2 (bookworm)
▶PyPImercurial/mercurial< 1.0.2
▶Debianmercurial/mercurial< 1.0.1-2+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Mercurial Directory traversal vulnerability↗2022-05-01
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GHSA
Mercurial Directory traversal vulnerability↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2008-2942: Directory traversal vulnerability in patch↗2008-06-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
mercurial: insufficient input validationn allowing file renames out of repository↗2008-06-25
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Debian
CVE-2008-2942: mercurial - Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-ass...↗2008
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2942 CVE-2008-4297 mercurial: multiple security issues [Fedora 8]↗2008-09-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2942 mercurial: insufficient input validationn allowing file renames out of repository↗2008-07-01
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