Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200610-03 (ncompress)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200610-03.
Solution
All ncompress users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/ncompress-4.2.4.1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200610-03 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728
Insight
A buffer underflow vulnerability has been reported in ncompress allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.