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.

BID:8658 | URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658 | BUGTRAQ:20030919 uninitialized buffer in midnight commander | URL:http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html | BUGTRAQ:20040405 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mc) | URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2 | CALDERA:CSSA-2004-014.0 | URL:ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt | CONECTIVA:CLA-2004:833 | URL:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833 | DEBIAN:DSA-424 | URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424 | FEDORA:FEDORA-2004-058 | URL:http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml | FEDORA:FLSA:1224 | URL:http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html | GENTOO:GLSA-200403-09 | URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml | MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2004:007 | URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007 | OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:822 | URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822 | REDHAT:RHSA-2004:034 | URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html | REDHAT:RHSA-2004:035 | URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html | SECUNIA:10645 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/10645 | SECUNIA:10685 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/10685 | SECUNIA:10716 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/10716 | SECUNIA:10772 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/10772 | SECUNIA:10823 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/10823 | SECUNIA:11219 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/11219 | SECUNIA:11262 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/11262 | SECUNIA:11268 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/11268 | SECUNIA:11296 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/11296 | SECUNIA:9833 | URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/9833 | SGI:20040201-01-U | URL:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc | SGI:20040202-01-U | URL:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc | XF:midnight-commander-vfssresolvesymlink-bo(13247) | URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247