CVE-2003-1023

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.28% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-1023?: CVE-2003-1023 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-1023?: To fix CVE-2003-1023, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-1023 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-1023 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.