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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Midnight commander up to 4.5.55. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "use of already freed memory."
The bug was discovered 01/14/2005. The weakness was presented 04/14/2005 by Andrew (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1093 since 11/30/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16165 (Debian DSA-639-1 : mc - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117920 (CentOS Security Update for MC (CESA-2005:512)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18905) and Tenable (16165). See 1124, 24606, 24185 and 24184 for similar entries.
Product
Name
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 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16165
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-639-1 : mc - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53475
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 639-1 (mc)
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgResearcher: Andrew
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-1093 (🔍)
X-Force: 18905
Vulnerability Center: 8163 - DoS in Midnight Commander 4.x via src/key.c File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12263 - Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13859 - Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12908 - CVE-2004-1093 - Midnight commander - Denial-of-Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 23:05Updated: 06/02/2019 00:20
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (70), 06/02/2019 00:20 (9)
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