Midnight Commander vfs/direntry.c denial of service
| midnight-commander-direntry-dos (18909) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Midnight Commander is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the direntry vfs/direntry.c file. A remote attacker could manipulate the non-existent file handles to cause Midnight Commander to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
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 Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2005:512-08 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- GNU Midnight Commander Web site: GNU Midnight Commander.
- BID-12263: Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1174: direntry.c in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by manipulating non-existing file handles.
- DSA-639: mc -- several vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2005-512: mc security update
- SECTRACK ID: 1012903: Midnight Commander Format String, Buffer Overflow, and Memory Allocation Errors May Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2005:003: SUSE Security Summary Report
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- GNOME Midnight Commander 4.x
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 7 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 7 Workstation
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 8 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 8 Workstation
Reported:
Jan 14, 2005
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