Midnight Commander improper memory allocation
| midnight-commander-memory-allocation (18904) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Midnight Commander fails to properly allocate memory, caused by a vulnerability in the gtkedit/editcmd.c file.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- GNOME, Midnight Commander 4.x
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 7 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 7 Workstation
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Workstation
Remedy:
Reportedly, this has been fixed in the CVS repository.
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest version of mc (4.5.55-1.2woody5 or later), as listed in DSA-639-1. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2005-02-24 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Other
References:
- GNU Midnight Commander Web site, GNU Midnight Commander at http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/.
- BID-12263: Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1092: Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing mc to free unallocated memory.
- DSA-639: mc -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200502-24: Midnight Commander: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2005:003: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
Jan 14, 2005
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