CVE-2005-2991

2005-09-2020:03:00

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files using (1) zdiff or (2) zcmp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0970.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allncompress< 4.2.4.6-6ncompress_4.2.4.6-6_all.deb
Debian11allncompress< 4.2.4.6-4ncompress_4.2.4.6-4_all.deb
Debian999allncompress< 5.0-2ncompress_5.0-2_all.deb
Debian13allncompress< 5.0-2ncompress_5.0-2_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	ncompress	< 4.2.4.6-6	ncompress_4.2.4.6-6_all.deb
Debian	11	all	ncompress	< 4.2.4.6-4	ncompress_4.2.4.6-4_all.deb
Debian	999	all	ncompress	< 5.0-2	ncompress_5.0-2_all.deb
Debian	13	all	ncompress	< 5.0-2	ncompress_5.0-2_all.deb