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2 advisories reference dev-vcs/mercurial · none place version 6.8.2 in a vulnerable range
▸ GLSA 201709-18 Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal remote 2017-09-24

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mercurial, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Announced
2017-09-24
Revised
2017-09-24
Access
remote
Bugs
#621068 #627484
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
dev-vcs/mercurial*< 4.3>= 4.3

Background

Mercurial is a distributed source control management system.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/mercurial-4.3"

References

▸ GLSA 201612-19 Mercurial: Multiple vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal remote 2016-12-07

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mercurial, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Announced
2016-12-07
Revised
2016-12-07
Access
remote
Bugs
#533008 #544332 #578546 #582238
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
dev-vcs/mercurial*< 3.8.4>= 3.8.4

Background

Mercurial is a distributed source control management system.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/mercurial-3.8.4"

References