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CVE-2014-9462

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands vi

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 · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01129
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
opensuseall versions
mercurial<= 3.2.3
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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 CRITICAL fixed in 3.2.4
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocchargen.matasano.com · this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-20...chargen.matasano.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD31 Mar 2015 · 02:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0817-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0836-1
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References & Sources

6
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-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
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