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Debian 7: DLA-1005-1 Critical: Mercurial Remote Code Execution RCE

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2017
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Critical patch released for Mercurial in Debian to mitigate potential remote code execution vulnerabilities present in version 2.2.2-4+deb7u4.
In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a rep...
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Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your mercurial packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: mercurial
Version: 2.2.2-4+deb7u4
CVE ID: CVE-2017-9462
Debian Bug: 861243

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