NASLDB: GLSA-200610-03 : ncompress: Buffer Underflow
General
ID: 22522
Name: GLSA-200610-03 : ncompress: Buffer Underflow
Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg
Credits: –
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200610-03
(ncompress: Buffer Underflow)
Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered a static buffer
underflow in ncompress.
Impact :
An attacker could create a specially crafted LZW archive, that when
decompressed by a user or automated system would result in the
execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user invoking
the utility.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –
Sources
CVE: CVE-2006-1168
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: 2006/08/10
Patch Release: 2006/10/06
Plugin Release: 2006/10/10
Plugin
Version: 1.10
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-200610-03.nasl
Filesize: 3322 bytes
MD5 Hash: 15bb709edff329c19d605dd769e8f68d
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2006-2011 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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