12902 : Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Format Strings
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-01-14

Description

Midnight Commander contains multiple format strings that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Debian has issued an update. Upgrade to version mc_4.5.55-1.2woody5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

GNU

Midnight Commander

4.5.55

References

Security Tracker: 1012903
Related OSVDB ID: 12903 12904 12905 12906 12907 12908 12909 12910 12911
Secunia Advisory ID: 13859 13863 14331
CVE ID: 2004-1004 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-217.html
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-24.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
Vendor URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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