SSL Certificate Validation Flaw in Mercurial by Mercurial SCM
CVE-2010-4237

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Mercurial

Status
Mercurial
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 October 2019

What is CVE-2010-4237?

Mercurial, prior to version 1.6.4, contains a security flaw that fails to adequately verify the Common Name field in SSL certificates. This oversight permits remote attackers, who possess a certificate issued by a trusted Certificate Authority, to execute man-in-the-middle attacks. Such an attack can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data and user credentials, posing a significant risk to users relying on Mercurial for version control and system management.

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Affected Version(s)

mercurial 1.6.4

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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