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RHSA-2004:034: Updated mc packages resolve buffer overflow vulnerability

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RHSA-2004:034: Updated mc packages resolve buffer overflow vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/20/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/28/2005
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Updated mc packages that resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability are now available.

Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager. A buffer overflow has been found in Midnight Commander's virtual filesystem code. Specifically, a stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion. Users of Midnight Commander should install these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-mc

References

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