Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2017.223.03
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2017-223-03)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the SSA:2017-223-03 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'mercurial' package(s) announced via the SSA:2017-223-03 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New mercurial packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mercurial-4.3.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixes security issues: Mercurial's symlink auditing was incomplete prior to 4.3, and could be abused to write to files outside the repository. Mercurial was not sanitizing hostnames passed to ssh, allowing shell injection attacks on clients by specifying a hostname starting with -oProxyCommand. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'mercurial' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000115 BugTraq ID: 100290 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290 Debian Security Information: DSA-3963 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2489 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000116
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