Debian DSA-2074-1 : ncompress - integer underflow. 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
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 88 |
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Tenable Nessus | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ncompress (MDVSA-2011:152) | 18 Oct 201100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : gzip (CESA-2010:0061) | 21 Jan 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : gzip (RHSA-2010:0061) | 21 Jan 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | SuSE9 Security Update : gzip (YOU Patch Number 12573) | 26 Jan 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Scientific Linux Security Update : gzip on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Linux 5 : gzip (ELSA-2010-0061) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | SuSE 10 Security Update : gzip (ZYPP Patch Number 6793) | 11 Oct 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | SuSE 10 Security Update : gzip (ZYPP Patch Number 6792) | 26 Jan 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Slackware 13.0 / current : gzip (SSA:2010-060-03) | 2 Mar 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : gzip vulnerabilities (USN-889-1) | 21 Jan 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
debian | www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074 |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2074. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(47792);
script_version("1.11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0001");
script_bugtraq_id(37886);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2074");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2074-1 : ncompress - integer underflow");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"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."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the ncompress package.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.2.4.2-1+lenny1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(189);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncompress");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/07/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/07/22");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"ncompress", reference:"4.2.4.2-1+lenny1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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