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Debian DSA-424-1 : mc - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15261

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Midnight Commander, a file manager, whereby a malicious archive (such as a .tar file) could cause arbitrary code to be executed if opened by Midnight Commander.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody2.

We recommend that you update your mc package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15261

File Name: debian_DSA-424.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1023

BID: 8658

DSA: 424