Midnight Commander up to 4.5.55 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Midnight Commander up to 4.5.55. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-1005. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Midnight Commander up to 4.5.55 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact.

The bug was discovered 01/14/2005. The weakness was presented 04/14/2005 by Andrew (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1005 since 11/02/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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.

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 (18898), Tenable (16165), SecurityFocus (BID 12263†), OSVDB (12903†) and Secunia (SA13859†). See VDB-1124, VDB-24185, VDB-24184 and VDB-24183 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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04/14/2005 +36 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3617 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Andrew
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1005 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1005
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24178
X-Force: 18898
SecurityFocus: 12263 - Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13859
OSVDB: 12903 - CVE-2004-1005 - Midnight Commander - Multiple Buffer Overflow Issues
Vulnerability Center: 7239 - Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in GNU Midnight Commander 4.*, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/05/2019 22:53
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (66), 06/05/2019 22:53 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:736:103

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