A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - ncompress: Buffer Underflow. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200610-03
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: ncompress: Buffer Underflow
Date: October 06, 2006
Bugs: #141728
ID: 200610-03
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Synopsis
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A buffer underflow vulnerability has been reported in ncompress
allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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ncompress is a suite of utilities to create and extract
Lempel-Ziff-Welch (LZW) compressed archives.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-arch/ncompress < 4.2.4.1 >= 4.2.4.1
Description
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Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered a static buffer
underflow in ncompress.
Impact
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An attacker could create a specially crafted LZW archive, that when
decompressed by a user or automated system would result in the
execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user invoking
the utility.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All ncompress users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/ncompress-4.2.4.1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1168
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1168
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
