Executive Summary

Summary
Title GNU Midnight Commander: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201402-18 First vendor Publication 2014-02-20
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-02-20
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment variables, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

GNU Midnight Commander is a text based file manager.

Description

GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment variables.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted archive file using GNU Midnight Commander, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/mc-4.8.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4463 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4463

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-18.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-18.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-12-10 Name : Fedora Update for mc FEDORA-2012-19349
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_19349_mc_fc17.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-02-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201402-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-12-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-19349.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-12-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-19335.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-22 13:20:55
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-20 13:19:01
  • First insertion