CVE-2008-2942

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

mercurial: 1.0.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31110
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072
http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551

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