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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA639] DSA-639-1 mc Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
DSA-639-1 mc
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Andrew V. Samoilov has noticed that several bugfixes which were
applied to the source by upstream developers of mc, the midnight
commander, a file browser and manager, were not backported to the
current version of mc that Debian ships in their stable release. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following
vulnerabilities:
Multiple format string vulnerabilities
Multiple buffer overflows
One infinite loop vulnerability
Denial of service via corrupted section header
Denial of service via null dereference
Freeing unallocated memory
Denial of service via use of already freed memory
Denial of service via manipulating non-existing file handles
Unintended program execution via insecure filename quoting
Denial of service via a buffer underflow
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 4.5.55-1.2woody5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems should already be
fixed since they were backported from current versions.
We recommend that you upgrade your mc package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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