CVE-2003-1023 Information

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier and possibly later versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.

Reference

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833 http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html http://secunia.com/advisories/10645 http://secunia.com/advisories/10685 http://secunia.com/advisories/10716 http://secunia.com/advisories/10772 http://secunia.com/advisories/10823 http://secunia.com/advisories/11219 http://secunia.com/advisories/11262 http://secunia.com/advisories/11268 http://secunia.com/advisories/11296 http://secunia.com/advisories/9833 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A822