CVE-2008-3863

Upstream information

CVE-2008-3863 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.6
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 433756 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 462353 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2008:024, published Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	`enscript >= 1.6.6-1.17`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA enscript
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1	`enscript >= 1.6.4-152.17.55`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA enscript
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	`enscript >= 1.6.4-152.22.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA enscript
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	`enscript >= 1.6.4-152.22.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA enscript
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	`enscript >= 1.6.4-152.22.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA enscript
openSUSE 11.0	`enscript-debuginfo >= 1.6.4-124.2` `enscript-debugsource >= 1.6.4-124.2`
openSUSE 11.0	`enscript >= 1.6.4-124.2`
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86 Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64 Open Enterprise Server	`enscript >= 1.6.2-814.9`	sles10.x86 sles10-sp2.x86-64 sles10.ia64 sles10-sp2.x86 sles10.x86-64 sles10-sp2.ia64 sled10.x86 sles9-nld.x86-64 sles9-nld.x86 core9.x86 sles9-nlpos.x86 sled10-sp2.x86-64 sled10.x86-64 sles10-sp2.s390x core9.x86-64 sles10-sp2.ppc core9.ia64 core9.s390 core9.s390x sled10-sp2.x86 core9.ppc sles9-oes.x86 sles10.ppc sles10.s390x ZYPP Patch Nr: 5715
openSUSE Leap 15.0	`enscript >= 1.6.6-lp150.1.4`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA enscript