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CVE-2003-1023 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
midnight commander midnight commander	4.5.52 4.5.55 4.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.52:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.55:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]