CVE-2008-5078

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-12-15
Bugzilla:
473958: CVE-2008-5078 enscript: "epsf" special escape buffer overflows

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.

Find out more about CVE-2008-5078 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 3 (enscript) RHSA-2008:1021 2008-12-15

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