Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4297
CVE-2008-4297
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32182nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0276nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496488/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31223nvd
- www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WhatsNewnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2604nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45229nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2753nvd
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