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CVE-2008-3863

Date: October 23, 2008

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.

Severity Score

8.1

Related Resources (36)

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32970

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32530

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33109

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3863

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32854

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32137

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32753

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9939

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3863

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31858

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-41/

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46026

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32521

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4488

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497647/100/0/threaded

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-3863

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2891

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-3863

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.6
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2008-3863

Date: October 23, 2008

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