Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1090
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "a corrupt section header."
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_2B2B333B6BD311D995F8000A95BC6FAE.NASL description Andrew V. Samoilov reported several vulnerabilities that were corrected in MidnightCommand 4.6.0 : - Format string issues (CVE-2004-1004) - Buffer overflows (CVE-2004-1005) - Denial-of-service, infinite loop (CVE-2004-1009) - Denial-of-service, corrupted section header (CVE-2004-1090) - Denial-of-service, NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2004-1091) - Freeing unallocated memory (CVE-2004-1092) - Using already freed memory (CVE-2004-1093) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18884 published 2005-07-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18884 title FreeBSD : mc -- multiple vulnerabilities (2b2b333b-6bd3-11d9-95f8-000a95bc6fae) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18884); script_version("1.14"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1004", "CVE-2004-1005", "CVE-2004-1009", "CVE-2004-1090", "CVE-2004-1091", "CVE-2004-1092", "CVE-2004-1093"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mc -- multiple vulnerabilities (2b2b333b-6bd3-11d9-95f8-000a95bc6fae)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Andrew V. Samoilov reported several vulnerabilities that were corrected in MidnightCommand 4.6.0 : - Format string issues (CVE-2004-1004) - Buffer overflows (CVE-2004-1005) - Denial-of-service, infinite loop (CVE-2004-1009) - Denial-of-service, corrupted section header (CVE-2004-1090) - Denial-of-service, NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2004-1091) - Freeing unallocated memory (CVE-2004-1092) - Using already freed memory (CVE-2004-1093)" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/2b2b333b-6bd3-11d9-95f8-000a95bc6fae.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d83de101" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/12/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/01/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mc<4.6.0")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-639.NASL description Andrew V. Samoilov has noticed that several bugfixes which were applied to the source by upstream developers of mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager, were not backported to the current version of mc that Debian ships in their stable release. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following vulnerabilities : - CAN-2004-1004 Multiple format string vulnerabilities - CAN-2004-1005 Multiple buffer overflows - CAN-2004-1009 One infinite loop vulnerability - CAN-2004-1090 Denial of service via corrupted section header - CAN-2004-1091 Denial of service via null dereference - CAN-2004-1092 Freeing unallocated memory - CAN-2004-1093 Denial of service via use of already freed memory - CAN-2004-1174 Denial of service via manipulating non-existing file handles - CAN-2004-1175 Unintended program execution via insecure filename quoting - CAN-2004-1176 Denial of service via a buffer underflow last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 16165 published 2005-01-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16165 title Debian DSA-639-1 : mc - several vulnerabilities code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-639. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0); include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(16165); script_version("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1004", "CVE-2004-1005", "CVE-2004-1009", "CVE-2004-1090", "CVE-2004-1091", "CVE-2004-1092", "CVE-2004-1093", "CVE-2004-1174", "CVE-2004-1175", "CVE-2004-1176"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"639"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-639-1 : mc - several vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Andrew V. Samoilov has noticed that several bugfixes which were applied to the source by upstream developers of mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager, were not backported to the current version of mc that Debian ships in their stable release. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following vulnerabilities : - CAN-2004-1004 Multiple format string vulnerabilities - CAN-2004-1005 Multiple buffer overflows - CAN-2004-1009 One infinite loop vulnerability - CAN-2004-1090 Denial of service via corrupted section header - CAN-2004-1091 Denial of service via null dereference - CAN-2004-1092 Freeing unallocated memory - CAN-2004-1093 Denial of service via use of already freed memory - CAN-2004-1174 Denial of service via manipulating non-existing file handles - CAN-2004-1175 Unintended program execution via insecure filename quoting - CAN-2004-1176 Denial of service via a buffer underflow" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the mc package. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody5." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/01/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/01/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/01/14"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"gmc", reference:"4.5.55-1.2woody5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mc", reference:"4.5.55-1.2woody5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mc-common", reference:"4.5.55-1.2woody5")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2005-512.NASL description Updated mc packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager. Several denial of service bugs were found in Midnight Commander. These bugs could cause Midnight Commander to hang or crash if a victim opens a carefully crafted file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-1009, CVE-2004-1090, CVE-2004-1091, CVE-2004-1093 and CVE-2004-1174 to these issues. A filename quoting bug was found in Midnight Commander last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18512 published 2005-06-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18512 title RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2005:512) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:512. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18512); script_version ("1.26"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:11"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1009", "CVE-2004-1090", "CVE-2004-1091", "CVE-2004-1093", "CVE-2004-1174", "CVE-2004-1175", "CVE-2005-0763"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2005:512"); script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : mc (RHSA-2005:512)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated mc packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager. Several denial of service bugs were found in Midnight Commander. These bugs could cause Midnight Commander to hang or crash if a victim opens a carefully crafted file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-1009, CVE-2004-1090, CVE-2004-1091, CVE-2004-1093 and CVE-2004-1174 to these issues. A filename quoting bug was found in Midnight Commander's FISH protocol handler. If a victim connects via embedded SSH support to a host containing a carefully crafted filename, arbitrary code may be executed as the user running Midnight Commander. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1175 to this issue. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Midnight Commander handles directory completion. If a victim uses completion on a maliciously crafted directory path, it is possible for arbitrary code to be executed as the user running Midnight Commander. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0763 to this issue. Users of mc are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain backported security patches to correct these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1009" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1090" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1091" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1093" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1174" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1175" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0763" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:512" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected gmc, mc and / or mcserv packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gmc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mcserv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/04/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/06/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu); if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386", cpu); yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo"); if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) { rhsa = "RHSA-2005:512"; yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa); if (!empty_or_null(yum_report)) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : yum_report ); exit(0); } else { audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa; audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message); } } else { flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"gmc-4.5.51-36.8")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"mc-4.5.51-36.8")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"mcserv-4.5.51-36.8")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gmc / mc / mcserv"); } }
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