Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2016.123.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2016-123-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the SSA:2016-123-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the SSA:2016-123-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New mercurial packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mercurial-3.8.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes possible arbitrary code execution when converting Git repos. Mercurial prior to 3.8 allowed arbitrary code execution when using the convert extension on Git repos with hostile names. This could affect automated code conversion services that allow arbitrary repository names. This is a further side-effect of Git CVE-2015-7545. Reported and fixed by Blake Burkhart. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'mercurial' package(s) on Slackware 13.0, Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware current. 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-2015-7545 BugTraq ID: 78711 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78711 Debian Security Information: DSA-3435 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3435 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01 https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/5/683 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/7 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:2515 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2515.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034501 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1968 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00066.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2835-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3105 BugTraq ID: 90536 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90536 Debian Security Information: DSA-3570 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3570 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1336 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00082.html
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