[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2017:1572-1: important: Security update for mercurial

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for mercurial

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1572-1

Rating: important

References: #1043063 #1043502

Cross-References: CVE-2017-9462

Affected Products:

openSUSE Leap 42.2

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata

is now available.

 

Description:

 

This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:

 

- CVE-2017-9462: Fix the arbitrary code exec by remote users via "hg serve

--stdio" (boo#1043063)

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-689=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

 

mercurial-3.8.3-2.5.1

mercurial-debuginfo-3.8.3-2.5.1

mercurial-debugsource-3.8.3-2.5.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

 

mercurial-lang-3.8.3-2.5.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9462.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043063

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043502

 

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