Debian Security Advisory

DSA-698-1 mc -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

29 Mar 2005

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0763.

More information:

An unfixed buffer overflow has been discovered by Andrew V. Samoilov in mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager. This update also fixes a regression from DSA 497.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody6.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has already been fixed.

We recommend that you upgrade your mc packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.