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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2942 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14mercurial0, 0, 0
Debian:13mercurial0, 0, 0
Debian:11mercurial0, 0, 0
Debian:12mercurial0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 30, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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