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CVE-2008-2942

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary file

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00581
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
mercurialall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI mercurial MODERATE fixed in 1.0.2
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.selenic.com · 87c704ac92d4www.selenic.com
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD30 Jun 2008 · 08:41 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10586-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
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