RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2004:172)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12489

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated mc packages that resolve several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, one format string vulnerability and several temporary file creation vulnerabilities are now available.

Midnight Commander (mc) is a visual shell much like a file manager.

Several buffer overflows, several temporary file creation vulnerabilities, and one format string vulnerability have been discovered in Midnight Commander. These vulnerabilities were discovered mostly by Andrew V. Samoilov and Pavel Roskin. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-0226, CVE-2004-0231, and CVE-2004-0232 to these issues.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gmc, mc and / or mcserv packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12489

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-172.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gmc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mcserv, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0226, CVE-2004-0231, CVE-2004-0232

RHSA: 2004:172

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