DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9462

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9462
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9462.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9462
Upstream
Published
2017-06-06T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:46Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mercurial?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}