Fedora 8 Update: enscript-1.6.4-9.fc8

November 5, 2008

There were found various buffer overflows in enscript

Summary

GNU enscript is a free replacement for Adobe's Enscript

program. Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(TM) and spools

generated PostScript output to the specified printer or saves it to a

file. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and

includes many options for customizing printouts.

There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes

CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306

* Mon Nov 3 2008 Adam Tkac 1.6.4-9

- fixed various buffer overflows (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306)

[ 1 ] Bug #466771 - CVE-2008-3863 enscript: "setfilename" special escape buffer overflow

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466771

[ 2 ] Bug #469311 - CVE-2008-4306 enscript: "font" special escape buffer overflows

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469311

su -c 'yum update enscript' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

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FEDORA-2008-9351 2008-11-06 02:56:25 Product : Fedora 8 Version : 1.6.4 Release : 9.fc8 URL : Summary : A plain ASCII to PostScript converter. Description : GNU enscript is a free replacement for Adobe's Enscript program. Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(TM) and spools generated PostScript output to the specified printer or saves it to a file. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and includes many options for customizing printouts. There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306 * Mon Nov 3 2008 Adam Tkac 1.6.4-9 - fixed various buffer overflows (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306) [ 1 ] Bug #466771 - CVE-2008-3863 enscript: "setfilename" special escape buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466771 [ 2 ] Bug #469311 - CVE-2008-4306 enscript: "font" special escape buffer overflows https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469311 su -c 'yum update enscript' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce