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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57901
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200610-03 (ncompress)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200610-03.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200610-03.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer underflow vulnerability has been reported in ncompress allowing
for the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
All ncompress users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/ncompress-4.2.4.1'

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-1168
BugTraq ID: 19455
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455
Debian Security Information: DSA-1149 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0810
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836
http://secunia.com/advisories/21427
http://secunia.com/advisories/21434
http://secunia.com/advisories/21437
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
http://secunia.com/advisories/21880
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036
http://secunia.com/advisories/22296
http://secunia.com/advisories/22377
SGI Security Advisory: 20060901-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:020 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234
XForce ISS Database: ncompress-decompress-underflow(28315)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315
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