GNU Midnight Commander up to 4.5.55 sqllog memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU Midnight Commander up to 4.5.55. This issue affects the function sqllog. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.6.0 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2004. The weakness was released 04/30/2004 by Jacub Jelinek (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0226 since 03/17/2004. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14138 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2004:039)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ibiblio.org. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16021) and Tenable (14138). securityfocus.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 642, 22115 and 22116.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 14138
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2004:039)
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OpenVAS ID: 53187
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 497-1 (mc)
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Patch: ibiblio.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: secunia.com
Researcher: Jacub Jelinek
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0226 (🔍)
X-Force: 16021 - Midnight Commander format string, High Risk
Vulnerability Center: 8632 - Multiple Buffer Overflows in Midnight Commander < 4.6.0, High
SecurityFocus: 10242 - Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11502 - Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 5720 - Midnight Commander Unspecified Format String

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Created: 05/03/2004 18:02
Updated: 06/28/2019 11:29
Changes: 05/03/2004 18:02 (91), 06/28/2019 11:29 (2)
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