CVE-2006-1168

Description

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 9.81% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21437	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315	vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22296	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373	vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455	vdb entry
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728
http://secunia.com/advisories/21434	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234	vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536
http://secunia.com/advisories/22377	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21427	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21880	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1168?: CVE-2006-1168 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1168?: To fix CVE-2006-1168, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1168 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1168 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.