CVE-2019-3902 (GCVE-0-2019-3902)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-22 15:29 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:26
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Summary
A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9. It was possible to use symlinks and subrepositories to defeat Mercurial's path-checking logic and write files outside a repository.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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The Mercurial Project mercurial Affected: before 4.9
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