Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703257
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3257-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the DSA-3257-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the DSA-3257-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Jesse Hertz of Matasano Security discovered that Mercurial, a distributed version control system, is prone to a command injection vulnerability via a crafted repository name in a clone command. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-4+deb7u1. This update also includes a fix for CVE-2014-9390 previously scheduled for the next wheezy point release. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your mercurial packages. Affected Software/OS: 'mercurial' package(s) on Debian 7, Debian 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9462 Debian Security Information: DSA-3257 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html http://www.osvdb.org/119816 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0617 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
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