VDB
RHSA-2016:0706
RHSA-2016:0706
PUBLISHED
An update for mercurial is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mercurial | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) | ||
| emacs | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) |
Timeline
- May 2, 2016 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 2, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 2, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_0706.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319768 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320155 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0706 fix