| Name | CVE-2005-2991 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ncompress (PTS) | jessie | 4.2.4.4-9 | fixed |
| stretch | 4.2.4.4-16 | fixed |
| buster | 4.2.4.5-3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.2.4.6-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.2.4.6-6 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ncompress | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- ncompress <not-affected> (bug #329052; unimportant)
see bug close message, Debian's ncompress doesn't expose affected scripts