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A vulnerability was found in Midnight commander up to 4.5.55 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

The weakness was shared 04/14/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18512 (RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2005:512)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117920 (CentOS Security Update for MC (CESA-2005:512)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18903), Tenable (18512), SecurityFocus (BID 12263†), Secunia (SA13859†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8197†).

Productinfo

Name

• Midnight commander

Version

• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.3
• 4.5.4
• 4.5.5
• 4.5.6
• 4.5.7
• 4.5.8
• 4.5.9
• 4.5.10
• 4.5.11
• 4.5.12
• 4.5.13
• 4.5.14
• 4.5.15
• 4.5.16
• 4.5.17
• 4.5.18
• 4.5.19
• 4.5.20
• 4.5.21
• 4.5.22
• 4.5.23
• 4.5.24
• 4.5.25
• 4.5.26
• 4.5.27
• 4.5.28
• 4.5.29
• 4.5.30
• 4.5.31
• 4.5.32
• 4.5.33
• 4.5.34
• 4.5.35
• 4.5.36
• 4.5.37
• 4.5.38
• 4.5.39
• 4.5.40
• 4.5.41
• 4.5.42
• 4.5.43
• 4.5.44
• 4.5.45
• 4.5.46
• 4.5.47
• 4.5.48
• 4.5.49
• 4.5.50
• 4.5.51
• 4.5.52
• 4.5.53
• 4.5.54
• 4.5.55

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 18512
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2005:512)
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OpenVAS ID: 53475
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 639-1 (mc)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/03/2004 🔍
01/14/2005 +72 days 🔍
01/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2005 +90 days 🔍
04/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2005 +48 days 🔍
06/17/2005 +16 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3553 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1009 (🔍)
X-Force: 18903
SecurityFocus: 12263
Secunia: 13859
Vulnerability Center: 8197 - Midnight Commander 4.5.40 - 4.6 via Symbolic Link Attack, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 11:05 PM
Updated: 07/01/2021 03:17 PM
Changes: 03/10/2015 11:05 PM (64), 06/08/2017 11:46 PM (1), 07/01/2021 03:05 PM (3), 07/01/2021 03:11 PM (2), 07/01/2021 03:17 PM (1)
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Cache ID: 98:DD9:40

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