| Name | CVE-2014-9462 |
| Description | The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-237-1, DSA-3257-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 783237 |
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 |
| bullseye (security) | 5.6.1-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.3.2-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.3.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7.0.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
http://selenic.com/hg/rev/e3f30068d2eb