CVE-2008-5078 (GCVE-0-2008-5078)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-19 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33181Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33181Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807
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