Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ncompress
announced via advisory DSA 2074-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202074-1
Insight
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.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.4.2-1+lenny1.
For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.4.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ncompress package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0001 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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