CVE catalog
CVE-2005-2991
ncompress: CVE-2005-2991
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.37% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ncompress | sid | 5.0-5 | not affected |
| Debian | ncompress | forky | 5.0-5 | not affected |
| Debian | ncompress | trixie | 5.0-3 | not affected |
| Debian | ncompress | bookworm | 4.2.4.6-6 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ncompress | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ncompress | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ncompress | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ncompress | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ncompress]Not affected
Details (2)
4.2.4.6-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ncompress · debian · bookworm
4.2.4.6-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ncompress · debian · bookworm
Observed: