CVE-2017-1000116 Information

Description

Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh leading to possible shell-injection attacks.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNewMercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-10.29

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8