Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53123
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 424-1 (mc)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to mc;announced via advisory DSA 424-1.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to mc announced via advisory DSA 424-1. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability was discovered in Midnight Commander, a file manager, whereby a malicious archive (such as a .tar file) could cause arbitrary code to be executed if opened by Midnight Commander. For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1. We recommend that you update your mc package. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-1023 BugTraq ID: 8658 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658 Bugtraq: 20030919 uninitialized buffer in midnight commander (Google Search) http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html Bugtraq: 20040405 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mc) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2 Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2004-014.0 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:833 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833 Debian Security Information: DSA-424 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424 http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:034 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:035 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html http://secunia.com/advisories/10645 http://secunia.com/advisories/10685 http://secunia.com/advisories/10716 http://secunia.com/advisories/10772 http://secunia.com/advisories/10823 http://secunia.com/advisories/11219 http://secunia.com/advisories/11262 http://secunia.com/advisories/11268 http://secunia.com/advisories/11296 http://secunia.com/advisories/9833 SGI Security Advisory: 20040201-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc SGI Security Advisory: 20040202-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc XForce ISS Database: midnight-commander-vfssresolvesymlink-bo(13247) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247
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