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49 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201402-18">
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<title>GNU Midnight Commander: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment
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variables, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of
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Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mc</product>
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<announced>February 20, 2014</announced>
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<revised>February 20, 2014: 1</revised>
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<bug>436518</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-misc/mc" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">4.8.7</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.8.7</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>GNU Midnight Commander is a text based file manager.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment variables.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
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archive file using GNU Midnight Commander, possibly resulting in
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execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
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Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All GNU Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/mc-4.8.7"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4463">CVE-2012-4463</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:11:02 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:53:52 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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