CVE-2004-0231: Gentoo Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.6.0, with unknown impact, related to "Insecure temporary file and directory creations."

Affected products

• Gentoo Linux: version 0.5 only; version 0.7 only; version 1.1a only; version 1.2 only; version 1.4 only
• Midnight Commander Midnight Commander: version 4.5.40 only; version 4.5.41 only; version 4.5.42 only; version 4.5.43 only; version 4.5.44 only; version 4.5.45 only; …
• Sgi Propack: version 2.3 only; version 2.4 only
• Slackware Slackware Linux: any version; version 9.0 only; version 9.1 only

Published 2004-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.