| Name | CVE-2008-2942 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 488628 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mercurial (PTS) | bullseye | 5.6.1-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.3.2-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.8.2-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mercurial | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| mercurial | source | (unstable) | 1.0.1-2 | low | | 488628 |
Notes
[etch] - mercurial <not-affected> (Vulnerable functionality not present)