CVE-2008-3863

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-10-23

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-3863 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (enscript)	ELSA-2008-1021	2008-12-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (enscript)	ELSA-2008-1021	2008-12-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (enscript)	ELSA-2008-1016	2008-12-15

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