CVE-2005-2991

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2005-09-20

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Ncompress (Ncompress)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112689772732098&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112688098630314&w=2
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/12
• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt