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SUSE Linux: SLE-2018:0012-01 Medium: Enscript Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by ...

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.
Two 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)
All users of enscript should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow security fix enscript moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise Linux update

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm
x86_64: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm
ia64: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ia64.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ia64.rpm
ppc: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ppc.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ppc.rpm
s390x: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.s390x.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:1016-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1016.html
Issue date: 2008-12-15

Topic

An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow security fix enscript moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise Linux update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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