vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary command execution (CVE-2017-1000116)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 4, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 4, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Mercurial < 4.3 was not sanitizing hostnames passed to ssh, allowing shell injection attacks on clients by specifying a hostname starting with -oProxyCommand. This is also present in Git (CVE-2017-1000117) and Subversion (CVE-2017-9800), so please patch those tools as well if you have them installed.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-100011
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-100011
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-0071
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-10.29
- CWE-78
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-0071
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