CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5078
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.
Affected configurations
• gnu escript 1.6.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33181 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33181 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807 oval.cisecurity.org