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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67829
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2074-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ncompress' package(s) announced via the DSA-2074-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ncompress' package(s) announced via the DSA-2074-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

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

For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.4.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ncompress package.

Affected Software/OS:
'ncompress' package(s) on Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0001
1023490
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023490
38220
http://secunia.com/advisories/38220
38223
http://secunia.com/advisories/38223
38225
http://secunia.com/advisories/38225
38232
http://secunia.com/advisories/38232
40551
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
40655
http://secunia.com/advisories/40655
40689
http://secunia.com/advisories/40689
61869
http://www.osvdb.org/61869
ADV-2010-0185
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
ADV-2010-1796
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
ADV-2010-1872
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1872
APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
DSA-1974
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
DSA-2074
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074
HPSBMA02554
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
MDVSA-2010:019
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:019
MDVSA-2010:020
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
MDVSA-2011:152
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:152
RHSA-2010:0061
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0061.html
RHSA-2010:0095
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
SSRT100018
SUSE-SA:2010:008
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
USN-889-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=a3db5806d012082b9e25cc36d09f19cd736a468f
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://ncompress.sourceforge.net/#status
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6153
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554418
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10546
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10546
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7511
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7511
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