GLSA 200403-09: Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander

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Severity:	high
Title:	Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander
Date:	03/29/2004
Bugs:	#45957
ID:	200403-09

Synopsis

A remotely-exploitable buffer overflow in Midnight Commander allows arbitrary code to be run on a user's computer

Background

Midnight Commander is a visual file manager.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-misc/mc	<= 4.6.0-r4	>= 4.6.0-r5	All supported architectures

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in Midnight Commander's virtual filesystem.

Impact

This overflow allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on the user's computer during the symlink conversion process.

Workaround

While a workaround is not currently known for this issue, all users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.

Resolution

All users should upgrade to the current version of the affected package:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r5"
    # emerge ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r5"

References

CAN-2003-1023

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.