# CVE-2006-1168: 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),

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-08-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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