CVE-2021-36370

September 8, 2021

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.

Summary:

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.

Reference Links(if available):

  • https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c
  • https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/
  • https://midnight-commander.org/
  • https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html

    • CVSS Score (if available)

    v2: / MEDIUM

    v3: /

    Links to Exploits(if available)

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