CVE-2008-3863

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-10-22
Bugzilla:
466771: CVE-2008-3863 enscript: "setfilename" special escape buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.

Find out more about CVE-2008-3863 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (enscript) RHSA-2008:1021 2008-12-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (enscript) RHSA-2008:1021 2008-12-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (enscript) RHSA-2008:1016 2008-12-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (enscript) RHSA-2008:1021 2008-12-15

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