SuSE-SA:2004:012: mc

critical Nessus Plugin ID 13829

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:012 (mc).

The Midnight Commander (mc) is a file manager for the console.
The mc code is vulnerable to several security related bugs like buffer overflows, incorrect format string handling and insecure usage of temporary files.
These bugs can be exploited by local users to gain access to the privileges of the user running mc.

There is no workaround known other then avoid using mc.

Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm' to apply the update.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_12_mc.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 13829

File Name: suse_SA_2004_012.nasl

Version: 1.16

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

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

BID: 10242

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