Synopsis:          Important: mercurial security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:1576-1
Issue Date:        2017-06-27
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-9462
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Security Fix(es):

* A flaw was found in the way "hg serve --stdio" command in Mercurial
handled command-line options. A remote, authenticated attacker could use
this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Mercurial server by using
specially crafted command-line options. (CVE-2017-9462)
--

SL6
  x86_64
    emacs-mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    emacs-mercurial-el-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    mercurial-debuginfo-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    mercurial-hgk-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    emacs-mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm
    emacs-mercurial-el-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm
    mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm
    mercurial-debuginfo-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm
    mercurial-hgk-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm
SL7
  x86_64
    emacs-mercurial-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
    emacs-mercurial-el-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
    mercurial-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
    mercurial-debuginfo-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
    mercurial-hgk-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2017-1576-1 Important: mercurial on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way "hg serve --stdio" command in Mercurial handled command-line options

Summary

Important: mercurial security update



Security Fixes

handled command-line options. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Mercurial server by using specially crafted command-line options. (CVE-2017-9462)
SL6 x86_64 emacs-mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm emacs-mercurial-el-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm mercurial-debuginfo-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm mercurial-hgk-1.4-5.el6_9.x86_64.rpm i386 emacs-mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm emacs-mercurial-el-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm mercurial-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm mercurial-debuginfo-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm mercurial-hgk-1.4-5.el6_9.i686.rpm SL7 x86_64 emacs-mercurial-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm emacs-mercurial-el-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm mercurial-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm mercurial-debuginfo-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm mercurial-hgk-2.6.2-7.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:1576-1
Issued Date: : 2017-06-27
CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-9462

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