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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3863: enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3863: enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/23/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-enscript

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