Package : mc Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0763
An unfixed buffer overflow has been discovered by Andrew V. Samoilov in mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager. This update also fixes a regression from DSA 497.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has already been fixed.
We recommend that you upgrade your mc packages.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
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 --------------------------------