Gentoo: GLSA-201612-19: Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.
Resolution
All mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/mercurial-3.8.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9390 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9390 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9462 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9462 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-3068 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3068 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-3069 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3069 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-3105 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3105 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-3630 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3630
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mercurial, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Mercurial is a distributed source control management system.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-vcs/mercurial < 3.8.4 >= 3.8.4
Impact
===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.