Name: CVE-2008-2942: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-2942, CWE-22, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00581

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mercurial	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2008
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-util/mercurial.	Oct 30, 2017	Jun 30, 2008
Suse	—	Upgrade mercurial-langUpgrade mercurial	Feb 17, 2015	Jul 9, 2013

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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