Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-1023
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=4.6.0
Patches
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References
26- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658nvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txtnvd
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.ascnvd
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.ascnvd
- archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.htmlnvd
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
- fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/10645nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/10685nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/10716nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/10772nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/10823nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/11219nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/11262nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/11268nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/11296nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/9833nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822nvd
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