Package:  mc
Vulnerability:  buffer overflow
Problem-Type:  remote
Debian-specific:  no
CVE Ids:  CAN-2003-1023

A vulnerability was discovered in Midnight Commander, a file manager, whereby a malicious archive (such as a .tar file) could cause arbitrary code to be executed if opened by Midnight Commander.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1.

We recommend that you update your mc package.

Upgrade Instructions

wget url             will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb     will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:

apt-get update       will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade      will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 33293 ce42d50c572b58ac0abd28e0dd9cc076

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4850321 82772e729bb2ecfe486a6c219ebab09f

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 560976 98e635c74d4fc62e36ed70a443496081

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1350990 2695fce52f1289067b590405c321715c

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 478210 beedf3b65a86a09f86b954a6a2aff08a

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351086 0b7b4ff418f8c15d185b1881ee2e74f0

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 453560 8c45b201009d084f2aeb850190446ad8

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351046 637e5c75a130c7813e4b3d71be82acfe

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 686630 3015bc29165e1caf53bf7f21c2b1d518

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1350982 1a68362464c0a7f1b55f68b8db7c0974

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 539770 1b4e84762374c4710d0a73f14e217f99

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351372 e010eb84f208b214f22052fac962349a

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 435060 b5098beeda86041faef3c6583f1ca6df

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351548 1956ac76843514bb1abba1898858f111

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 535016 c947de9db4504246e9b1421767f836cc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351494 cf4575860b110ac5569768eed69ed719

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 487920 5d880a8a277c1b09c155d8d071eb9323

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351364 1c064a34bc35ec729115415e90271c9e

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 477210 d69d94302880a813ac01174800d0cc0b

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351330 b7aef4036f698cbebd5ab98a57e639d8

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 481556 df562844379347c39d555ffba05fd185

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351324 8b95d4afa916dda9f17c595e6422363f

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision.