Gentoo: GLSA-202310-15 Critical: OpenSSH Protocol Exposure Risk
gentoo
March 31, 2004
A remotely-exploitable buffer overflow in Midnight Commander allows arbitrary code to be run on a user's computer
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200403-09
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander
Date: March 29, 2004
Bugs: #45957
ID: 200403-09
Synopsis
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A remotely-exploitable buffer overflow in Midnight Commander allows
arbitrary code to be run on a user's computer
Background
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Midnight Commander is a visual file manager.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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app-misc/mc <= 4.6.0-r4 >= 4.6.0-r5
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A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in Midnight Commander's
virtual filesystem.
Impact
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This overflow allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on the user's
computer during the symlink conversion process.
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