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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:1021-02 Moderate: Enscript Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This notice pertains to a significant software vulnerability notification for Ubuntu Linux releases 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04.
An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. This update has been rated as having moderate securit...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

GNU enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(R) language files and spools the generated output to a specified printer or saves it to a file. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and includes options for customizing printouts.
Several buffer overflow flaws were found in GNU enscript. An attacker could craft an ASCII file in such a way that it could execute arbitrary commands if the file was opened with enscript with the "special escapes" option (-e or --escapes) enabled. (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306, CVE-2008-5078)
All users of enscript should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow enscript moderate impact

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3863 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4306 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5078 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.1-16.7.i386.rpm
ia64: enscript-1.6.1-16.7.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ia64: enscript-1.6.1-16.7.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.1-16.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.1-16.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.i386.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.i386.rpm
ia64: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.ia64.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.ia64.rpm
ppc: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.ppc.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.ppc.rpm
s390: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.s390.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.s390.rpm
s390x: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.s390x.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.x86_64.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.i386.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.x86_64.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.1-24.7.i386.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.1-24.7.i386.rpm
ia64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:1021-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1021.html
Issue date: 2008-12-15

Topic

An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow enscript moderate impact

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

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