PT-2024-13307 · Gnu+1 · Midnight Commander+1

Gjduck · Published 2024-03-26 · Updated 2024-08-02 · CVE-2023-45925

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Midnight Commander version 4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb

Description A NULL pointer dereference was discovered via the function x error handler() at tty/x11conn.c. This issue is disputed as it may be categorized as a usability problem, where an X operation silently fails.

Recommendations For GNU Midnight Commander version 4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb, consider disabling the x error handler() function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-45925

Affected Products

Debian

Midnight Commander

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45925 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45925 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4484 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176808/Midnight-Commander-4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb-Null-Pointer.html · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/53 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/74776 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1772849166261104847 · Twitter Post