| Name | CVE-2017-9462 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1005-1, DLA-1414-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 861243 |
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, bookworm (security) | 6.3.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 7.0.1-2 | fixed | |
| forky | 7.1-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.1.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mercurial | source | wheezy | 2.2.2-4+deb7u4 | DLA-1005-1 | ||
| mercurial | source | jessie | 3.1.2-2+deb8u5 | DLA-1414-1 | ||
| mercurial | source | stretch | 4.0-1+deb9u1 | |||
| mercurial | source | (unstable) | 4.3.1-1 | 861243 |
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499