GNU Midnight Commander: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

GNU Midnight Commander: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment variables, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. mc 2014-02-20 2014-02-20 436518 remote 4.8.7 4.8.7

GNU Midnight Commander is a text based file manager.

GNU Midnight Commander does not properly sanitize environment variables.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted archive file using GNU Midnight Commander, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All GNU Midnight Commander users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/mc-4.8.7"

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