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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b53a7d43 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200807-09"> + <title>Mercurial: Directory traversal</title> + <synopsis> + A directory traversal vulnerability in Mercurial allows for the renaming of + arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mercurial</product> + <announced>July 15, 2008</announced> + <revised>July 15, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>230193</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-util/mercurial" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0.1-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.1-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Mercurial is a distributed Source Control Management system. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Jakub Wilk discovered a directory traversal vulnerabilty in the + applydiff() function in the mercurial/patch.py file. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to import a specially crafted + patch, possibly resulting in the renaming of arbitrary files, even + outside the repository. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/mercurial-1.0.1-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2942">CVE-2008-2942</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:37:24 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:41:04 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:48:10 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |