Moderate: enscript security update
| Advisory: | RHSA-2008:1016-4 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Security Advisory |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Issued on: | 2008-12-15 |
| Last updated on: | 2008-12-15 |
| Affected Products: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2.z server) |
| CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
CVE-2008-3863 CVE-2008-4306 |
Details
An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
GNU enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(R) language files and
spools the generated output to a specified printer or saves it to a file.
Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and includes
options for customizing printouts.
Two buffer overflow flaws were found in GNU enscript. An attacker could
craft an ASCII file in such a way that it could execute arbitrary commands
if the file was opened with enscript with the "special escapes" option (-e
or --escapes) enabled. (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306)
All users of enscript should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Updated packages
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.src.rpm | MD5: 471f107916d52895d42e78592ea64bbe |
| IA-32: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm | MD5: 813e2dcbc3e7ae415d7d072e03910fa6 |
| IA-64: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ia64.rpm | MD5: a9f6d9e6afdf347df6244648afa24a71 |
| PPC: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ppc.rpm | MD5: c538a6df6aa616087f448fa7b243ec85 |
| s390x: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.s390x.rpm | MD5: b4c701049d5cb6fdcadaf58fda98962b |
| x86_64: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 4c7407a2afccea5580e7617abe2d55bc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.src.rpm | MD5: 471f107916d52895d42e78592ea64bbe |
| IA-32: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm | MD5: 813e2dcbc3e7ae415d7d072e03910fa6 |
| x86_64: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 4c7407a2afccea5580e7617abe2d55bc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2.z server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.src.rpm | MD5: 471f107916d52895d42e78592ea64bbe |
| IA-32: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm | MD5: 813e2dcbc3e7ae415d7d072e03910fa6 |
| IA-64: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ia64.rpm | MD5: a9f6d9e6afdf347df6244648afa24a71 |
| PPC: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ppc.rpm | MD5: c538a6df6aa616087f448fa7b243ec85 |
| s390x: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.s390x.rpm | MD5: b4c701049d5cb6fdcadaf58fda98962b |
| x86_64: | |
| enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 4c7407a2afccea5580e7617abe2d55bc |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
466771 - CVE-2008-3863 enscript: "setfilename" special escape buffer overflow
469311 - CVE-2008-4306 enscript: "font" special escape buffer overflows
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2008-4306.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
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