CVE-2016-3105

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201612-19

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The convert extension in Mercurial before 3.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git repository name.

La extensión convert en Mercurial en versiones anteriores a 3.8 podría permitir a atacantes dependientes de contexto ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un nombre de repositorio git manipulado.

Blake Burkhart discovered an arbitrary code execution flaw in Mercurial, a distributed version control system, when using the convert extension on Git repositories with specially crafted names. This flaw in particular affects automated code conversion services that allow arbitrary repository names.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-03-10 CVE Reserved
2016-05-03 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90536	Vdb Entry
https://selenic.com/hg/rev/a56296f55a5e	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00082.html	2017-07-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3570	2017-07-01
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255	2017-07-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19	2017-07-01
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.8_.2F_3.8.1_.282016-5-1.29	2017-07-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Mercurial Search vendor "Mercurial"		Mercurial Search vendor "Mercurial" for product "Mercurial"				<= 3.7.3 Search vendor "Mercurial" for product "Mercurial" and version " <= 3.7.3"		-		Affected