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Unscored RHSA-2006:0663 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: ncompress security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Fixed packages 16

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as ncompress 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop ncompress 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es ncompress 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws ncompress 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as ncompress 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop ncompress 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es ncompress 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws ncompress 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws ncompress-debuginfo 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

References

  • article
    http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189215
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189216
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=201335
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2006/rhsa-2006_0663.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1168
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=201919
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1168
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1168