Vulnerability in Mercurial
CVE-2017-1000115
Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mercurial
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.4, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.4, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-1000115?
- CVE-2017-1000115 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mercurial, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-1000115?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.