[Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#689571: CVE-2012-4463: Improper sanitization of MC_EXT_SELECTED variable when viewing multiple files

Moritz Muehlenhoff jmm at inutil.org
Tue Feb 26 22:18:59 UTC 2013


On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 08:52:19AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Package: mc
> Version: 3:4.8.5-1~exp4
> Severity: important
> Tags: security
> 
> Hi,
> the following vulnerability was published for mc.
> 
> CVE-2012-4463[0]:
> Improper sanitization of MC_EXT_SELECTED variable when viewing multiple files
> 
> If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
> CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
> 
> For further information see:
> 
> [0] http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4463
> 
> Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

An upstream fix is now available, can you please merge this for Wheezy?
https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913

Cheers,
        Moritz



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