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FreeBSD Ports: mc
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: mc CVE-2003-1023 Stack-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.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106399528518704 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/322d4ff6-85c3-11d8-a41f-0020ed76ef5a.html