vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-9462: Security patch for mercurial (ALAS-2017-856)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 6, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 6, 2017
Added
Jul 7, 2017
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-mercurial
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