VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-9462
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.17% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · mercurial/mercurial
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.htmlExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNewVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/119816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.htmlExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNewVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/119816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.