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CVE-2017-17458

Description

In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause Git subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a .git/hooks/post-update script checked into the repository. Typical use of Mercurial prevents construction of such repositories, but they can be created programmatically.

Priority: HIGH
CVSS v3: 9.8
Component: mercurial
Publish Date: Dec 7, 2017
Related ID: --
CVSS v2: Critical
Modified Date: Dec 7, 2017

Find out more about CVE-2017-17458 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


Products Affected

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Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads
Linux
Wind River Linux LTS 17 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux 8 Fixed LIN8-8340
8.0.0.25 --
Wind River Linux 9 Fixed LIN9-6022
9.0.0.14 --
Wind River Linux 7 Fixed -- 7.0.0.28 --
Wind River Linux LTS 21 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 22 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 18 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 19 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux CD release Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux 6 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 23 Won't Fix -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 24 Won't Fix -- -- --
VxWorks
VxWorks 7 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks 6.9 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition Not Vulnerable -- -- --
eLxr
eLxr 12 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Studio Cloud Platform

Related Products

Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads

Notes
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