Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mc
announced via advisory DSA 497-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20497-1
Insight
Jacub Jelinek discovered several vulnerabilities in the Midnight Commander, a powerful file manager for GNU/Linux systems. The problems were classified as follows:
CVE-2004-0226 Buffer overflows
CVE-2004-0231 Insecure temporary file and directory creations CVE-2004-0232 Format string problems
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your mc packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0226, CVE-2004-0231, CVE-2004-0232 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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