CVE-2006-1168

ncompress 4.2.4 - liblzw - DoS/Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.

References (25)

[Various Sources] http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm

[Issue Tracking] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728

[Vendor Advisory] ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21427

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21434

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21437

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21467

... and 5 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0981

EPSS Percentile 92.8%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

ncompress/ncompress

Timeline

Published Aug 14, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026