CVE-2008-4297

mercurial: missing allowpull permission check in hgweb

Published Sep 27, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from a repository via an "hg pull" request.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4280 Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from a repository via an "hg pull" request.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:08 AM
Reserved
Sep 26, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 27, 2008, 10:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 13, 2008, 12:00 AM