Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mc
announced via advisory DSA 698-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20698-1
Insight
An unfixed buffer overflow has been discovered by Andrew V. Samoilov in mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager. This update also fixes a regression from DSA 497.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has already been fixed.
We recommend that you upgrade your mc packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0763 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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