CVE-2017-1000116 — OS Command Injection in Mercurial

CWE-78 — OS Command InjectionCWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-77 — Command Injection35 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
NVD8.8
EPSS
6.6%
top 8.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
14
Dulwich Project DulwichFossil-scm FossilGit-annex Project Git-annex+11 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 5
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages14 packages

▶Debianmercurial/mercurial< 4.3.1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.6, 7.5

Patches

Patch: security.gentoo.org ↗Patch: security.gentoo.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

17
GHSA
GHSA-jqcx-qqvc-9wx5: git-annex before 6↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-jjxg-hpm7-g95f: Bazaar through 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
Mercurial is vulnerable to shell injection attack↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-ff3p-f5xw-q723: http_transport↗2022-05-13
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OSV
Dulwich RCE Vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Red Hat
python-dulwich: Setting SSH arguments from untrusted URLs allows code execution↗2017-10-29
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Red Hat
bzr: does not strip bzr+ssh SSH options↗2017-08-26
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Red Hat
mercurial: command injection on clients through malicious ssh URLs↗2017-08-10
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Debian
CVE-2017-16228: dulwich - Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers t...↗2017
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Debian
CVE-2017-14176: breezy - Bazaar through 2.7.0, when Subprocess SSH is used, allows remote attackers to ex...↗2017
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16228 python-dulwich: Setting SSH arguments from untrusted URLs allows code execution↗2017-11-03
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HackerOne
RCE via ssh:// URIs in multiple VCS↗2017-09-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12976 git-annex: RCE via ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname↗2017-08-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000116 mercurial: command injection on clients through malicious ssh URLs [fedora-all]↗2017-08-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000116 mercurial: command injection on clients through malicious ssh URLs↗2017-08-09
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