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[GLSA-200610-03] ncompress: Buffer Underflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
ncompress: Buffer Underflow

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
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

A possible hacker 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.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1168

Solution:
All ncompress users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/ncompress-4.2.4.1"

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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