FKIE_CVE-2014-9462

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-31 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNewVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/119816
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNewVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/119816
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse opensuse 13.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
mercurial mercurial *
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