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Midnight Commander Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA11502
Release Date: 2004-04-30
Popularity: 9,138 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:GNU Midnight Commander 4.x

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Description:
Jacub Jelinek has reported some vulnerabilities in GNU Midnight Commander, allowing malicious users to escalate their privileges.

Currently only few details are available. The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors, insecure temporary file and directory creation, and format string errors.

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