Security update for mercurial

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1606-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-9462 ( SUSE ): 9.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9462 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2017-9462: Fix the arbitrary code exec by remote users via "hg serve --stdio" (bsc#1043063):

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-981=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mercurial-2.8.2-14.1
    • mercurial-debuginfo-2.8.2-14.1
    • mercurial-debugsource-2.8.2-14.1

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