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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA1149] DSA-1149-1 ncompress Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
DSA-1149-1 ncompress
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Tavis Ormandy from the Google Security Team discovered a missing
boundary check in ncompress, the original Lempel-Ziv compress and
uncompress programs, which allows a specially crafted datastream to
underflow a buffer with attacker controlled data.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.2.4-15sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.2.4-15sarge2.
We recommend that you upgrade your ncompress package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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