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CVE-2016-3069 Detail

Description

Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name when converting a Git repository.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0706.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/197eed39e3d5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/80cac1de6aea CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/ae279d4a19e9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b732e7f2aba4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/cdda7b96afff CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3069
NVD Published Date:
04/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.