Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander...

Vulnerability 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.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10772
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10716
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2
• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt
• http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10645
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10823
• http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10685
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11219
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9833
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11296
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11268
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11262
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml