CVE-2010-4237
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.6.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.6.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.6.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.6.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.6.4-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | mercurial | <1.6.4 | 1.6.4 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4237
- https://github.com/dscho/hg/commit/4ea63fb25ceeeaaa4cd1026f733b7ea7672c30b3
- https://github.com/dscho/hg/commit/89baabf4fb7abf30ef6fdcf3d455a7893e5cc145
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237
- https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407
- https://repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg/rev/6ab4a7d3c179
- https://repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg/rev/f2937d6492c5
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.