| Name | CVE-2008-4297 |
| Description | Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from a repository via an "hg pull" request. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 500781 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mercurial (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.1.2-2+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.0-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 4.8.2-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.6.1-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.3.2-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.8.2-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mercurial | source | (unstable) | 1.0.1-5.1 | low | | 500781 |
Notes
the package doesnt install this script by default but ships it with the examples
[etch] - mercurial <no-dsa> (Only shipped in examples)