Security update for mercurial

SUSE Security Update: Security update for mercurial
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1442-1
Rating: moderate
References: #978391
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
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    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:

    Security issues fixed:
    - CVE-2016-3105: Versionsprior to 3.8 allowed arbitrary code execution
    when using the convert extension on Git repo. (bsc#978391)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-857=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-857=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • mercurial-2.8.2-9.1
      • mercurial-debuginfo-2.8.2-9.1
      • mercurial-debugsource-2.8.2-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • mercurial-2.8.2-9.1
      • mercurial-debuginfo-2.8.2-9.1
      • mercurial-debugsource-2.8.2-9.1

    References: