CVE-2003-1023

N/A Unknown

Published: January 20, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/10645

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/10685

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/10716

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/10772

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/10823

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/11219

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/11262

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/11268

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/11296

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/9833

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt