vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-3069): mercurial vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 13, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 13, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled Git repository name. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-mercurial
References
- CVE-2016-3069
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3069
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-3542
- URL-https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/197eed39e3d5
- URL-https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/80cac1de6aea
- URL-https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/ae279d4a19e9
- URL-https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b732e7f2aba4
- URL-https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/cdda7b96afff
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3069
- URL-https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29
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