CVE-2008-2942 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-2942

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mercurial
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 30th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.