| Name | CVE-2021-36370 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing an SFTP connection, the fingerprint of the server is neither checked nor displayed. As a result, a user connects to the server without the ability to verify its authenticity. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 993404 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mc (PTS) | jessie | 3:4.8.13-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3:4.8.18-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3:4.8.22-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3:4.8.26-1.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3:4.8.29-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3:4.8.31-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mc | source | (unstable) | 3:4.8.27-1 | | | 993404 |
Notes
[bullseye] - mc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - mc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - mc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/commit/9235d3c232d13ad7f973346077c9cf2eaa77dc5f
[jessie] - mc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)