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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61384
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-09 (mercurial)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200807-09.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200807-09.

Vulnerability Insight:
A directory traversal vulnerability in Mercurial allows for the renaming of
arbitrary files.

Solution:
All Mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/mercurial-1.0.1-r2'

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2942
BugTraq ID: 30072
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
Bugtraq: 20080703 rPSA-2008-0211-1 mercurial mercurial-hgk (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:015 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
XForce ISS Database: mercurial-patch-directory-traversal(43551)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551
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