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openSUSE: Security Advisory for mercurial (openSUSE-SU-2018:3517-1)

🗓️ 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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# Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
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#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.852102");
  script_version("2025-02-28T05:38:49+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17983");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-02-28 05:38:49 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-12-13 15:48:00 +0000 (Thu, 13 Dec 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-10-27 06:25:07 +0200 (Sat, 27 Oct 2018)");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for mercurial (openSUSE-SU-2018:3517-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap15\.0");

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2018:3517-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00077.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'mercurial'
  package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2018:3517-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for mercurial fixes the following issues:

  - CVE-2018-17983: Fix an out-of-bounds read during parsing of a malformed
  manifest entry (bsc#1110899).

  This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

  Patch Instructions:

  To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
  installation methods
  like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

  Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  - openSUSE Leap 15.0:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1297=1");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"mercurial on openSUSE Leap 15.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSELeap15.0") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mercurial", rpm:"mercurial~4.5.2~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mercurial-debuginfo", rpm:"mercurial-debuginfo~4.5.2~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mercurial-debugsource", rpm:"mercurial-debugsource~4.5.2~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mercurial-lang", rpm:"mercurial-lang~4.5.2~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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