# CVE-2008-4297: Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to r

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-09-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0276
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2753
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2604
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122169840003798&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32182
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45229
- http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WhatsNew#head-905b8adb3420a77d92617e06590055bd8952e02b
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496488/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31223

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