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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-3105: Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-3105: Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The convert extension in Mercurial before 3.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git repository name.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-vcs-mercurial

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