CVE-2008-3863

Publication date 23 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
enscript	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.10.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.04.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 1.6.4-11ubuntu0.2
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 1.6.4-7ubuntu0.2

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user-assisted

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-660-1
enscript vulnerability
3 November 2008

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3863