Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mc
announced via advisory DSA 424-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20424-1
Insight
A vulnerability was discovered in Midnight Commander, a file manager, whereby a malicious archive (such as a .tar file) could cause arbitrary code to be executed if opened by Midnight Commander.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1.
We recommend that you update your mc package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-1023 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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