oss-security - CVE id request mercurial:Insufficient input validation

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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:47:19 +0200
From: Steffen Joeris <steffen.joeris@...lelinux.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE id request mercurial:Insufficient input validation

Hi

Moving this to oss-sec, since it is unembargoed.

It is possible to touch files outside root with a maliciously crafted
patch.

Upstream patch:
http://www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4

Cheers
Steffen

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