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GLSA-201402-18 : GNU Midnight Commander: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72613

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201402-18 (GNU Midnight Commander: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

 GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment variables.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted archive file using GNU Midnight Commander, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GNU Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/mc-4.8.7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72613

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201402-18.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 2/21/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4463

BID: 55777

GLSA: 201402-18