CVE-2008-2942 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31108 http://secunia.com/advisories/31110 http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072 http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633