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SUSE: 2016:1011-1 Important: Mercurial Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2016
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Crucial SUSE patch resolves remote code execution vulnerabilities in Mercurial. Prompt action advised.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

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). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-mercurial-12505=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mercurial-12505=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution remote execution important SUSE Linux mercurial

References

#973175 #973176 #973177

Cross- CVE-2016-3068 CVE-2016-3069 CVE-2016-3630

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

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: SUSE-SU-2016:1011-1
Rating: important

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