Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: mc security update

Updated mc packages that fix multiple security issues are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Midnight Commander mc is a visual shell, much like a file manager. Several format string bugs were found in Midnight...

RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2005:217)

Updated mc packages that fix multiple security issues are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Midnight Commander mc is a visual shell, much like a file manager. Several format string bugs were found in Midnight...

GLSA-200502-24 : Midnight Commander: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-24 Midnight Commander: Multiple vulnerabilities Midnight Commander contains several format string vulnerabilities CAN-2004-1004, buffer overflows CAN-2004-1005, a memory deallocation error CAN-2004-1092 and a buffer underfl...

Midnight Commander: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Midnight Commander is a visual console file manager. Description Midnight Commander contains several format string vulnerabilities CAN-2004-1004, buffer overflows CAN-2004-1005, a memory deallocation error CAN-2004-1092 and a buffer underflow CAN-2004-1176. Impact An attacker could...

CVE-2004-1174

The CVE-2004-1174 vulnerability affects Midnight Commander (mc) up to and including version 4.5.55, in which direntry.c contains the flaw that allows a denial of service via manipulating non-existing file handles. The description clearly states this is a denial of service condition caused by the ...

CVE-2004-1174

direntry.c in Midnight Commander mc 4.5.55 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by "manipulating non-existing file handles."...

CVE-2004-1175

CVE-2004-1175 affects Midnight Commander (mc); the fish protocol handler allows remote code execution via insecure filename quoting, potentially with shell metacharacters. Public advisories (e.g., Debian DSA-639-1, Red Hat RHSA-2005:512, CentOS advisory) describe the issue and list the affected M...

CVE-2004-1004

CVE-2004-1004 affects Midnight Commander (mc) up to version 4.5.55 with multiple format string vulnerabilities. The provided connected advisories confirm that various distros release patches (e.g., SUSE SLES9 patch 5011441, Gentoo GLSA 200502-24, Debian DSA 639-1) to fix these issues. The CVE ent...

CVE-2004-1093

Midnight commander mc 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "use of already freed memory."...

CVE-2004-1091

Midnight commander mc 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering a null dereference...

CVE-2004-1175

fish.c in midnight commander allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via "insecure filename quoting," possibly using shell metacharacters...

CVE-2004-1091

CVE-2004-1091 affects Midnight Commander (mc) up to version 4.5.55 and earlier, where a remote user can cause a denial of service by triggering a null pointer dereference. The issue is listed among multiple MC vulnerabilities (with related CVEs) and is discussed in various advisories and vulnerab...

CVE-2004-1005

CVE-2004-1005 refers to multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier. The initial description notes remote attackers could trigger these issues with unknown impact, and connected advisories (e.g., Debian DSA 639-1, Gentoo GLSA 200502-24, SuSE OpenVAS entries) indicate t...

CVE-2004-1090

Midnight commander mc 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "a corrupt section header."...

CVE-2004-1009

Summary (CVE-2004-1009) Midnight Commander (mc) versions up to 4.5.55 are affected. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors. Public sources in the connected documents tie this CVE to multiple advisories (e.g., RHSA-2005:...

CVE-2004-1176

CVE-2004-1176 : A buffer underflow in extfs.c of Midnight Commander (mc) prior to 4.5.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. Documents consistently describe the issue as a remote vulnerability affecting mc with the buffer underflow in the extf...

CVE-2004-1093

CVE-2004-1093 affects Midnight Commander (mc) up to version 4.5.55. The issue is a memory-management vulnerability (use-after-free) that can cause a denial of service when a vulnerable file/operation triggers freeing of memory that is subsequently used. Public references in the provided documents...

CVE-2004-1004

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander mc 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact...

CVE-2004-1009

Midnight commander mc 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via unknown attack vectors...

CVE-2004-1090

CVE-2004-1090 affects Midnight Commander (mc) up to version 4.5.55, where a remote attacker could trigger a denial of service via a corrupt section header. Multiple issuances (RHSA, DSA, CentOS advisories, Debian) indicate mc updates were released to fix this and related issues (e.g., upgraded to...