CVE-2003-1023
N/A
Published: January 6, 2004 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMidnight Commander
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml
References (26)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.ascMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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