Security update for mercurial
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2018:0129-1 |
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| Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Description:
This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-17458: In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause Git subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a .git/hooks/post-update script checked into the repository. Typical use of Mercurial prevents construction of such repositories, but they can be created programmatically. (bsc#1071715):
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-93=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-93=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- mercurial-2.8.2-15.6.1
- mercurial-debuginfo-2.8.2-15.6.1
- mercurial-debugsource-2.8.2-15.6.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- mercurial-2.8.2-15.6.1
- mercurial-debuginfo-2.8.2-15.6.1
- mercurial-debugsource-2.8.2-15.6.1