CVE-2003-1023

Summary

CVECVE-2003-1023
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-01-20 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.52 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.55 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.6 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.52 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.55 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.6 All All All

References

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Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for mc SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for mc SECUNIA secunia.com
CSSA-2004-014.0 CALDERA ftp.caldera.com
Secunia - Advisories - OpenLinux update for mc SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for mc SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for mc SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander GENTOO security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-424-1 mc DEBIAN www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - OpenPKG update for mc SECUNIA secunia.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mc)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Midnight Commander VFS symlink buffer overflow SECUNIA secunia.com
20040201-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
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uninitialized buffer in midnight commander BUGTRAQ archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de
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