Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20171576
Revision Date:2017-06-27Version:636
Title:RHSA-2017:1576: mercurial security update (Important)
Description:Mercurial is a fast, lightweight source control management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.

Security Fix(es):

  • A flaw was found in the way "hg serve --stdio" command in Mercurial handled command-line options. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Mercurial server by using specially crafted command-line options. (CVE-2017-9462)
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9462
    RHSA-2017:1576
    RHSA-2017:1576-00
    RHSA-2017:1576-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • emacs-mercurial is earlier than 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
  • AND emacs-mercurial is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • emacs-mercurial-el is earlier than 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
  • AND emacs-mercurial-el is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • mercurial is earlier than 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
  • AND mercurial is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • mercurial-hgk is earlier than 0:2.6.2-7.el7_3
  • AND mercurial-hgk is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • emacs-mercurial is earlier than 0:1.4-5.el6_9
  • AND emacs-mercurial is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • emacs-mercurial-el is earlier than 0:1.4-5.el6_9
  • AND emacs-mercurial-el is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • mercurial is earlier than 0:1.4-5.el6_9
  • AND mercurial is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • mercurial-hgk is earlier than 0:1.4-5.el6_9
  • AND mercurial-hgk is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK