CVE-2008-3863

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3863
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerflexera
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-23 22:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Enscript 1.6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Enscript 1.6.4 beta All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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GNU Enscript "setfilename" Special Escape Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA33109 - Red Hat update for enscript - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Ubuntu update for enscript - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1670-1 enscript af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
GNU Enscript 'src/psgen.c' Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:243 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Fedora update for enscript - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for enscript - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-660-1: enscript vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
ASA-2008-504 (RHSA-2008-1021) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for enscript - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: enscript-1.6.4-10.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityReason - GNU Enscript "setfilename" Special Escape Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Gentoo update for enscript - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Vulnerabilities - Secunia Research - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: enscript-1.6.4-9.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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