CVE-2017-9462
mercurial - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 48.7%
Description
In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.
How to fix CVE-2017-9462
To remediate CVE-2017-9462, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mercurial—upgrade to 4.3.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.2-4+deb7u4 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.3 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.3 or later
Is CVE-2017-9462 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 48.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 4.3.1-1
- from 0, < 2.2.2-4+deb7u4
- from 0, < 4.1.3
- from 0, < 4.1.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |