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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-24
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Midnight Commander: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 17, 2005
Bugs: #77992
ID: 200502-24
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Synopsis
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Midnight Commander contains several format string errors, buffer
overflows and one buffer underflow leading to execution of arbitrary
code.
Background
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Midnight Commander is a visual console file manager.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-misc/mc < 4.6.0-r13 >= 4.6.0-r13
Description
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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).
Impact
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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.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r13"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2004-1004
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1004
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-1005
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1005
[ 3 ] CAN-2004-1092
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1092
[ 4 ] CAN-2004-1176
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1176
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-24.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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