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PYSEC-2016-29
Quick fix
PYSEC-2016-29 — mercurial: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'mercurial>=3.7.3'Details
The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
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Affected packages
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html[WEB]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html[WEB]
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html[WEB]
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cf[WEB]
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29[WEB]
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html[WEB]
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542[ADVISORY]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html[WEB]
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89[WEB]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html[WEB]
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html[WEB]
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9vjf-jjcq-3gh7[ADVISORY]