CVE-2016-3105

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-04-06
CWE:
CWE-77
Bugzilla:
1332945: CVE-2016-3105 mercurial: arbitrary code execution when converting git repos
It was discovered that the Mercurial convert extension invoked Git in a way that could cause Git to interpret local repository name as remote repository URL. A Git repository with a specially crafted name could cause Mercurial to execute arbitrary code when the Git repository was converted to a Mercurial repository.

Find out more about CVE-2016-3105 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mercurial Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mercurial Will not fix

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