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ncompress: buffer underflow

Package(s):ncompress CVE #(s):CVE-2006-1168
Created:August 10, 2006 Updated:February 21, 2012
Description: The ncompress compression utility has a missing boundary check. A local user can use a maliciously created file to cause a a .bss buffer underflow.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200610-03 2006-10-06
Red Hat RHSA-2006:0663-01 2006-09-12
Mandriva MDKSA-2006:140 2006-08-09
Debian DSA-1149-1 2006-08-10
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0308-03 2012-02-21
Scientific Linux SL-busy-20120321 2012-03-21
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0810-04 2012-06-20
Scientific Linux SL-busy-20120709 2012-07-09
Mageia MGASA-2012-0171 2012-07-19
Mandriva MDVSA-2012:129 2012-08-10
Mandriva MDVSA-2012:129-1 2012-08-10
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