DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1168
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168
Upstream
Published
2006-08-14T20:04:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:02:33.925859Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ncompress

Package

Name
ncompress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncompress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.4-16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168.json"

Debian:12 / ncompress

Package

Name
ncompress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncompress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.4-16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168.json"

Debian:13 / ncompress

Package

Name
ncompress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncompress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.4-16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168.json"

Debian:14 / ncompress

Package

Name
ncompress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncompress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.4-16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168.json"