openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:1073-1 Important: Mercurial Code Execution Issues
opensuse
April 17, 2016
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Description
mercurial was updated to fix three security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-3069: Arbitrary code execution when converting Git repos
(bsc#973176).
- CVE-2016-3068: Arbitrary code execution with Git subrepos (bsc#973177).
- CVE-2016-3630: Remote code execution in binary delta decoding
(bsc#973175).
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-467=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
mercurial-3.5.1-3.1
mercurial-debuginfo-3.5.1-3.1
mercurial-debugsource-3.5.1-3.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):
mercurial-lang-3.5.1-3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3068.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3069.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3630.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973175
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973176
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973177
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1073-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.1
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Topics Covered
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