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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1000132: mercurial HTTP server permissions bypass

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1000132: mercurial HTTP server permissions bypass

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/14/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
07/31/2018
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

Mercurial version 4.5 and earlier contains a Incorrect Access Control (CWE-285) vulnerability in Protocol server that can result in Unauthorized data access. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.5.1.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-mercurial

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