12904 : Midnight Commander Unspecified Infinite Loop DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-01-14

Description

Midnight Commander contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is caused by an infinte loop flaw, and will result in loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Debian has issued an update. Upgrade to version mc_4.5.55-1.2woody5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

GNU

Midnight Commander

4.5.55

References

Security Tracker: 1012903
Related OSVDB ID: 12902 12903 12905 12906 12907 12908 12909 12910 12911
Secunia Advisory ID: 13859 13863 15730
CVE ID: 2004-1009 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
Vendor URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:512

Tools & Filters

	16165 18512

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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