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CVE-2005-2991

Low
2.1/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published