Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Mercurial Improper Input Validation vulnerability The mpatch_apply function in mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 incorrectly proceeds in cases where the fragment start is past the end of the original data, aka OVE-20180430-0004.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	mercurial	>=0 <4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
pypi	mercurial	>=0 <4.6.1	4.6.1
debian 13	mercurial	>=0 <4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
debian 14	mercurial	>=0 <4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
debian 12	mercurial	>=0 <4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
rpm rhel6	mercurial	-	-
rpm rhel7	mercurial	<0:2.6.2-10.el7	0:2.6.2-10.el7

Aliases

1. CVE-2018-133462. NVD-2018-133463. OSV-DEBIAN-2018-133464. OSV-2018-133465. GCVE-2018-133466. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2018-133467. access.redhat.com8. lists.debian.org

References

1. https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2018-88.yaml2. https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/faa9244696353. https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.6.1_.282018-06-06.29

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