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Added: glsa-200812-02.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 200812-02 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200812-02.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200812-02"> |
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<title>enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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Two buffer overflows in enscript might lead to the execution of arbitrary |
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code. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">enscript</product> |
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<announced>December 02, 2008</announced> |
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<revised>December 02, 2008: 02</revised> |
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<bug>243228</bug> |
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<access>remote</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="app-text/enscript" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">1.6.4-r4</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.6.4-r4</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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enscript is a powerful ASCII to PostScript file converter. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Two stack-based buffer overflows in the read_special_escape() function |
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in src/psgen.c have been reported. Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research |
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discovered a vulnerability related to the "setfilename" command |
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(CVE-2008-3863), and Kees Cook of Ubuntu discovered a vulnerability |
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related to the "font" escape sequence (CVE-2008-4306). |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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An attacker could entice a user or automated system to process |
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specially crafted input with the special escapes processing enabled |
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using the "-e" option, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary |
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code. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All enscript users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/enscript-1.6.4-r4"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3863">CVE-2008-3863</uri> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4306">CVE-2008-4306</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:28:05 +0000"> |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:26 +0000"> |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:33 +0000"> |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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