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[DSA698] DSA-698-1 mc

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-698-1 mc

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

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.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-698
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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