CVE-2008-2942

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

How to fix CVE-2008-2942

To remediate CVE-2008-2942, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• PyPI/mercurial—upgrade to 1.0.2 or later
• PyPI/mercurial—upgrade to 1.0.2 or later

Is CVE-2008-2942 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 1.0.2
• from 0, < 1.0.2

References (17)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-v2gw-x5jf-pgwv
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2942
• PATCHgithub.com/dscho/hg
• PATCHpypi.org/project/mercurial
• WEBlists.opensuse.org