Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200502-24.
Solution
All Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r13'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200502-24 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77992
Insight
Midnight Commander contains several format string errors, buffer overflows and one buffer underflow leading to execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1004, CVE-2004-1005, CVE-2004-1092, CVE-2004-1176 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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