CVE-2006-1168

Publication date 14 August 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ncompress 9.04 jaunty
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2
7.04 feisty
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2
6.10 edgy
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 4.2.4-15sarge2build0.6.06.1