CVE-2005-2991 Information

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112689772732098&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112688098630314&w=2 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/12 http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt