CVE-2008-3863 (GCVE-0-2008-3863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
flexera CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 4 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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2008-10-22 00:00
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