Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2015.237
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-237-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the DLA-237-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the DLA-237-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: CVE-2014-9462 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. CVE-2014-9390 There is a security vulnerability that affects mercurial repositories in a case-insensitive filesystem (eg. VFAT or HFS+). It allows for remote code execution of a specially crafted repository. This is less severe for the average Debian installation as they are usually set up with case-sensitive filesystems. Affected Software/OS: 'mercurial' package(s) on Debian 6. 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-2014-9390 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266 http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147 https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915 https://libgit2.org/security/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769667 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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