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CVE-2005-2991

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2005-09-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Ncompress Ncompress

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References