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RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2004:464)

high Nessus Plugin ID 14740

Synopsis

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

Description

An updated mc package that resolves several shell escape security issues is now available.

[Updated 5 January 2005] Packages have been updated to include the gmc and mcserv packages which were left out of the initial errata.

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

Shell escape bugs have been discovered in several of the mc vfs backend scripts. An attacker who is able to influence a victim to open a specially crafted URI using mc could execute arbitrary commands as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0494 to this issue.

Users of mc should upgrade to this updated package which contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0494

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:464

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14740

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-464.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

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: 1/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0494

RHSA: 2004:464