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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1149-1 | New ncompress packages fix potential code execution |
EUVD |
EUVD-2006-1172 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: sgi
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T17:03:28.264Z
Reserved: 2006-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-1168
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Status : Modified
Published: 2006-08-14T20:04:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2006-1168
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD