Updated mc packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 497-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
April 29th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mc
Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0226 CAN-2004-0231 CAN-2004-0232

Jacub Jelinek discovered several vulnerabilities in the Midnight Commander, a powerful file manager for GNU/Linux systems. The problems were classified as follows:

CAN-2004-0226 Buffer overflows
CAN-2004-0231 Insecure temporary file and directory creations
CAN-2004-0232 Format string problems

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.



We recommend that you upgrade your mc packages.


Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 797 958cc4620dba90784a057bc6ba532e6e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 45258 66565de188d7cdcc29c2f26db4e86dfd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4850321 82772e729bb2ecfe486a6c219ebab09f

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1184466 519b7ed72de67efeb46fdd142ad1b529
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 561802 bbd74fcd32085d36927aa4baef59b619
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351132 e19786fa0cd63a48b25782546ba7247b

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1026660 a1a74f85c31f71c18139a9e734890991
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 479206 27d38e4f2c9622fae54fed612187c72c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351204 0fa7747b9a714bb141fefea263fca8d4

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 993560 760892261579382eb13757f2e11dd0c9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 454538 91a5288221322b6602757c98df964979
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351156 641ad9b4b21e052412e80dc4c94a4e7c

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1433290 9c9ed150bc3a781358df0e5c78d16cc6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 688156 5d80a2b3d586361582da7b87dc833605
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351062 c7ac22188c4230ac1ba806dfbf653e08

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1143718 90756f4d04d02b3657dd373dd0f18f31
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 540394 812e6a1932ee8b9124cbf8aec86857aa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351524 ae1122258f89db3d74ebc102568bc742

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 956886 5880e158c9b87bec535fe27de39e3c2d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 435954 f5bccc4486775810befea8fef9707530
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351644 5bb4c2e1258214c31a0ce739a5487b03

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1085826 29cb814523fda06bbd93b3852153011f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 535840 0c5f3e66932dafb5b3a8441c70c46c86
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351552 d1b7fe3dedcf0bd923acd3b739800856

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1079624 067a9df98370ef716056c8d9403e7060
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 534554 6b3d55810559eb715fad6ce48e6733e8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351268 eab4c74833109ca99cfb79c71e758e38

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1041926 eb756e14f965b418e8054fe2b0b966e8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 488958 6b28e83ae789b9cfe67fc770b16f6eff
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351422 33452fdae445cef30cb837fbd9198b60

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1028754 dd690bca5fe2cd6917cbf4ce2926a2b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 478414 2eeeed20cf5ca7c2156c3a4c83e3caaf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351464 8d54b129bd900938e226f6aa98eb23e2

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1027388 9b558b6c9981a53eca6e31dd5568b954
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 482450 b10f255759761869d39e4a4c1ddb5b00
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351484 977a9387f5a30ccebe4f3dc42dbb8efe


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update.