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FreeBSD Ports: enscript-a4, enscript-letter, enscript-letterdj
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: enscript-a4 enscript-letter enscript-letterdj CVE-2008-3863 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. CVE-2008-4306 Unspecified vulnerability in enscript before 1.6.4 in Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a buffer overflow.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-41/ http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/a1126054-b57c-11dd-8892-0017319806e7.html