Upstream information

CVE-2008-3916 at MITRE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 421849 [RESOLVED / INVALID], 474587 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2011:002, published Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:00:00 +0000
  • openSUSE-SU-2010:1084-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • ed >= 0.2-1001.30.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA ed-0.2-1001.30.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • ed >= 0.2-1001.30.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA ed-0.2-1001.30.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • ed >= 0.2-1001.30.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA ed-0.2-1001.30.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 ed Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ed Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 ed Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS ed Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ed Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ed Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ed Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ed Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 ed Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:41:26 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:27:54 2023