CVE-2005-2991 - ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on

CVE-2005-2991

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:ncompress:ncompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ncompress:ncompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	2.1 (as of 18-10-2016 - 03:32)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

refmap via4

bugtraq	20050916 ncompress insecure temporary file creation
fulldisc	20050916 ncompress insecure temporary file creation
misc	http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
sreason	12

statements via4

contributor	Mark J Cox
lastmodified	2006-08-30
organization	Red Hat
statement	Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the ncompress packages as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

Last major update

18-10-2016 - 03:32

Published

20-09-2005 - 20:03

Last modified

18-10-2016 - 03:32