FKIE_CVE-2005-2991

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-09-20 20:03 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112689772732098&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112688098630314&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/12
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112689772732098&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112688098630314&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txtVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ncompress ncompress *
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ncompress:ncompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "2B6EBAF3-A0BB-4E0B-9D26-80E824594F2E",
              "versionEndIncluding": "4.2.4_r1",
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            }
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2005-2991",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
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          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 2.1,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
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        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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      "comment": "Not vulnerable.  This issue did not affect the ncompress packages as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.",
      "lastModified": "2006-08-30T00:00:00",
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}


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