Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ncompress (MDKSA-2006:140)

high Nessus Plugin ID 23889

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Tavis Ormandy, of the Google Security Team, discovered that ncompress, when uncompressing data, performed no bounds checking, which could allow a specially crafted datastream to underflow a .bss buffer with attacker controlled data.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ncompress package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23889

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-140.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ncompress, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1168

MDKSA: 2006:140

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