GHSA-7GF7-7WX4-MXMW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-21 01:57 – Updated: 2024-05-02 13:14
VLAI?
Summary
Mercurial Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability
Details

Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "mercurial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2010-4237"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-02T13:14:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-10-29T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.",
  "id": "GHSA-7gf7-7wx4-mxmw",
  "modified": "2024-05-02T13:14:02Z",
  "published": "2022-04-21T01:57:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4237"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/dscho/hg/commit/4ea63fb25ceeeaaa4cd1026f733b7ea7672c30b3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/dscho/hg/commit/89baabf4fb7abf30ef6fdcf3d455a7893e5cc145"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg/rev/6ab4a7d3c179"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg/rev/f2937d6492c5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Mercurial Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability"
}


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