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Ubuntu 19.04: USN-4086-1 Moderate: Mercurial File Overwrite

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Advisory DSA-4598-1 points out a vulnerability in Git that enables unauthorized file access. Please update your installation to safeguard your files.
Mercurial could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

Mercurial could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:

- mercurial: easy-to-use, scalable distributed version control system

Details:

It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An

attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the

target's filesystem.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  mercurial                       4.8.2-1ubuntu3.19.04.1
  mercurial-common                4.8.2-1ubuntu3.19.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4086-1

CVE-2019-3902

August 06, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory file overwrite Ubuntu vulnerability Mercurial

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mercurial/4.8.2-1ubuntu3.19.04.1

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