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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-08 (ncompress)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200410-08.
Insight
Insight
compress and uncompress, which could be used by daemon programs, contain a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the daemon process.
Solution
Solution
All ncompress users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-arch/ncompress-4.2.4-r1' # emerge '>=app-arch/ncompress-4.2.4-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-08 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66251 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/176363