CVE-2008-1688

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1688
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-09 19:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu M4 1.4.1 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.10 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.2 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.3 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.4 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.5 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.6 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.7 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.8 All All All
Application Gnu M4 1.4.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
osvdb.org/44272 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
GNU m4 Format String and Filename Quoting Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
oss-security - Re: Security fixes in m4-1.4.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Security fixes in m4-1.4.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Slackware update for m4 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
GNU M4 Format String Vulnerability and Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-04-15Joshua BressersRed Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. After careful analysis of this issue the Red Hat Security Response Team has determined that this bug has no security impact outside of expected m4 behavior.

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