FKIE_CVE-2008-2942
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-30 20:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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