Explain 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), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '21437', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21437'}, {'name': 'ncompress-decompress-underflow(28315)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200610-03', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2006:020', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2006:140', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140'}, {'name': '22296', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/22296'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9373', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373'}, {'name': '19455', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728'}, {'name': '21434', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21434'}, {'name': 'DSA-1149', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149'}, {'name': '21467', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21467'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm'}, {'name': '20060901-01-P', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SGI'], 'url': 'ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2006:0663', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-3234', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2012:0810', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536'}, {'name': '22377', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/22377'}, {'name': '21427', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21427'}, {'name': '1016836', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836'}, {'name': '22036', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/22036'}, {'name': '21880', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21880'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2012:129', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED