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Many systems have the SUID bit set on cons.saver (/usr/lib/mc/bin/cons.saver), part of the Midnight Commander package. A denial of service vulnerability has been found which allows local users to overwrite a null character to any symlinkable file. Includes proof of concept exploit and a patch for cons.saver.

Many systems have the SUID bit set on cons.saver (/usr/lib/mc/bin/cons.saver), part of the Midnight Commander package. A denial of service vulnerability has been found which allows local users to overwrite a null character to any symlinkable file. Includes proof of concept exploit and a patch for cons.saver.