Conectiva alert: mc

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : mc
SUMMARY   : Buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE      : 2004-03-31 15:03:00
ID        : CLA-2004:833
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 8, 9

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DESCRIPTION
 Midnight Commander (MC) is a visual shell and a file manager for text
 consoles.
 
 This update fixes a buffer overflow vulnerability[1] in the code that
 handles symlinks in the virtual filesystem module. An attacker could
 create a specially crafted archive (like a .tar.gz or a cpio file)
 containing symlinks that when opened by an mc user would trigger the
 execution of arbitrary code with its privileges.
 
 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
 assigned the name CAN-2003-1023 to this issue[2].


SOLUTION
 All users of the mc package should upgrade.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658/
 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-1023


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/gmc-4.5.55-6U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mc-4.5.55-6U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mcserv-4.5.55-6U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mc-4.5.55-6U80_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/gmc-4.5.55-19421U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mc-4.5.55-19421U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mcserv-4.5.55-19421U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mc-4.5.55-19421U90_1cl.src.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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