CVE-2021-36370

Publication date 30 August 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mc 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3:4.8.27-1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3:4.8.24-2ubuntu1+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3:4.8.19-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3:4.8.15-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3:4.8.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
mc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5160-1
    • Midnight Commander vulnerability
    • 9 August 2022

Other references