CVE-2003-1023

Summary

CVECVE-2003-1023
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-01-20 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - OpenLinux update for mc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for mc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for mc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mc)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for mc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
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