Candidate: CVE-2016-3068
PublicDate: 2016-04-13 16:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3068
 https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29
 https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/34d43cb85de8
Description:
 Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
 via a crafted git ext:: URL when cloning a subrepository.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled git ext:: URL. An
 attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Notes:
Bugs:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819504
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Blake Burkhart
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [8.8 HIGH]

Patches_mercurial:
upstream_mercurial: released (3.7.3-1)
precise_mercurial: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_mercurial: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_mercurial: released (2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4)
trusty/esm_mercurial: released (2.8.2-1ubuntu1.4)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_mercurial: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_mercurial: DNE
wily_mercurial: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
yakkety_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
zesty_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
artful_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
bionic_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
cosmic_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)
devel_mercurial: not-affected (3.7.3-1ubuntu1)