Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54856
Category:	Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-24 (mc)
Summary:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-24 (mc)
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200502-24. Midnight Commander contains several format string errors, buffer overflows and one buffer underflow leading to execution of arbitrary code. Solution: All Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r13' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200502-24 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77992
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1004 Debian Security Information: DSA-639 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-24.xml http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-217.html http://secunia.com/advisories/13863/ XForce ISS Database: midnightcommander-format-string(18902) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18902 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1005 XForce ISS Database: midnight-commander-bo(18898) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18898 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1092 XForce ISS Database: midnight-commander-memory-allocation(18904) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18904 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1176 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012903 http://secunia.com/advisories/13863 XForce ISS Database: midnight-commander-extfs-dos(18911) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18911
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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