CVE-2016-3630 Information

Description

The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone (2) push or (3) pull command related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cf https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89 https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNewMercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8