Package name mc
Date January 26th, 2004
Advisory ID MDKSA-2004:007
Affected versions 9.1, 9.2, CS2.1

Problem Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in mc's virtual filesystem code.
This vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code during symlink conversion.

The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 9.1

 62e5337a90f9bd712f9bb125d0140fb3  9.1/RPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.91mdk.i586.rpm
fd218112b274a0dd6bb920baa84b31a8  9.1/SRPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1/PPC

 3c217e26bef6c2d9c9c98cf13ddcf51c  ppc/9.1/RPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm
fd218112b274a0dd6bb920baa84b31a8  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2

 47f0fb32e7ffb1a85a6f0f2680bc6221  9.2/RPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
edd4a1feb126d7cf7e2b74ccbc0997bf  9.2/SRPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64

 bcabfcfdaaf3f3659cf9115ac6c02f9a  amd64/9.2/RPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
edd4a1feb126d7cf7e2b74ccbc0997bf  amd64/9.2/SRPMS/mc-4.6.0-4.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1

 38317ed34ca1a0ce54018c85d808106a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/mc-4.5.55-10.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
1dd6c6ffab24a3ce7b57242c6912a44e  corporate/2.1/RPMS/mcserv-4.5.55-10.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
46277f91fbcdce43d6c142d912e87297  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/mc-4.5.55-10.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64

 751dbc6182f482731db02998137d49d0  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/mc-4.5.55-10.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
cd3f95e756d6f5144d107f277429834d  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/mcserv-4.5.55-10.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
46277f91fbcdce43d6c142d912e87297  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/mc-4.5.55-10.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-1023

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Verification

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		rpm --checksig package.rpm
		

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