1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200502-24 / mc |
| Release Date | February 17, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | February 17, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-misc/mc | < 4.6.0-r13 | >= 4.6.0-r13 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #77992
Midnight Commander contains several format string errors, buffer overflows and one buffer underflow leading to execution of arbitrary code.
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:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r13" |