Security update for mercurial

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3430-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-17983 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-17983 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-17983: Fix an out-of-bounds read during parsing of a malformed manifest entry (bsc#1110899).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-2456=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mercurial-4.5.2-3.6.1
    • mercurial-debuginfo-4.5.2-3.6.1
    • mercurial-debugsource-4.5.2-3.6.1

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