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Debian DSA-2074-1 : ncompress - integer underflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47792

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Aki Helin discovered an integer underflow in ncompress, the original Lempel-Ziv compress/uncompress programs. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.

Solution

Upgrade the ncompress package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.4.2-1+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47792

File Name: debian_DSA-2074.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncompress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0001

BID: 37886

CWE: 189

DSA: 2074