CVE-2017-1000116
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
9.8
Description
Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 4.2.3-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | mercurial | <4.3 | 4.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mercurial | mercurial | {"endExcluding":"4.3"} | 4.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000116
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2017-89.yaml
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227155758/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290
- https://wiki.mercurial-scm.org/WhatsNew/Archive
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-10.29
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000116.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000116
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.