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Mandriva update for ncompress
Secunia Advisory: SA21437
Release Date: 2006-08-10
Popularity: 4,285 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch


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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1168


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for ncompress. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA21427

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrivalinux 2006

a1e4fe7d74a1c8e043beb83baec7b34b 2006.0/RPMS/ncompress-4.2.4-28.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
4b87e1b5ba659ce410067b09a75d669e 2006.0/SRPMS/ncompress-4.2.4-28.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandrivalinux 2006/X86_64

7ce7f3a618b9c3687936145e2563733a x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/ncompress-4.2.4-28.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
4b87e1b5ba659ce410067b09a75d669e x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/ncompress-4.2.4-28.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140

Other References:
SA21427:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21427/


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