Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mercurial, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | dev-vcs/mercurial on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 3.8.4 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 3.8.4 |
Mercurial is a distributed source control management system.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mercurial. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All mercurial users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/mercurial-3.8.4"