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CVE-2021-36370
An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Midnight-Commander | Midnight Commander | through 4.8.26 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html
- https://midnight-commander.org/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html
- https://midnight-commander.org/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/