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SSA-2004-136-01 mc

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-136-01 mc

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New mc packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to
fix security issues that These could lead to a denial of service or the
execution of arbitrary code as the user running mc.

Sites that use mc should upgrade to the new mc package.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0226
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0231
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0232

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

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