Security update for mercurial

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1709-2
Rating: low
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-3902 ( SUSE ): 5.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2019-3902 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-3902: Fixed incorrect patch-checking with symlinks and subrepos (bsc#1133035).

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:

  • Python 2 Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP2-2020-1709=1

Package List:

  • Python 2 Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mercurial-debugsource-4.5.2-3.9.44
    • mercurial-4.5.2-3.9.44
    • mercurial-debuginfo-4.5.2-3.9.44

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