Security
Security
Midnight Commander contains several format string errors, buffer overflows and one buffer underflow leading to execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | app-misc/mc on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.6.0-r13 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.6.0-r13 |
Midnight Commander is a visual console file manager.
Midnight Commander contains several format string vulnerabilities (CAN-2004-1004), buffer overflows (CAN-2004-1005), a memory deallocation error (CAN-2004-1092) and a buffer underflow (CAN-2004-1176).
An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Midnight Commander or cause Denial of Service by freeing unallocated memory.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r13"
Release date
February 17, 2005
Latest revision
February 17, 2005: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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