CVE-2008-2942

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-2942

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-06-30T20:41:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-11T20:45:28

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-22	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:1.0.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2942
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2942

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:28:28				Added to TrackCVE