Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0763 - Unspecified vulnerability in Midnight Commander Midnight Commander
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-698.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17640 published 2005-03-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17640 title Debian DSA-698-1 : mc - buffer overflow 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-698. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(17640); script_version("1.17"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0763"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"698"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-698-1 : mc - buffer overflow"); 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: "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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-698" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the mc packages. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody6." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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: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:"2005/03/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/03/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/03/29"); 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:"4.5.55-1.2woody6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mc", reference:"4.5.55-1.2woody6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mc-common", reference:"4.5.55-1.2woody6")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(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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