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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200403-09">
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<title>Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander</title>
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<synopsis>
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A remotely-exploitable buffer overflow in Midnight Commander allows
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arbitrary code to be run on a user's computer
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mc</product>
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<announced>March 29, 2004</announced>
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<revised>March 29, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>45957</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">4.6.0-r5</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">4.6.0-r4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Midnight Commander is a visual file manager.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in Midnight Commander's
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virtual filesystem.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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This overflow allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on the user's
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computer during the symlink conversion process.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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While a workaround is not currently known for this issue, all users are
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advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All users should upgrade to the current version of the affected package:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r5"
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# emerge ">=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r5"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-1023">CAN-2003-1023</uri>
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</references>
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</glsa>
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