Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-2942 First vendor Publication 2008-06-30
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2942

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-09 (mercurial)
File : nvt/glsa_200807_09.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46986 Mercurial patch.py Patch File Traversal Arbitrary File Access

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_mercurial-080704.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-16 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200807-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551

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