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[ GLSA 200502-03 ] enscript: Multiple vulnerabilities
From: Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:06:37 +0100
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: enscript: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: February 02, 2005 Bugs: #77408 ID: 200502-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== enscript suffers from vulnerabilities and design flaws, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== enscript is a powerful ASCII to PostScript file converter. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/enscript < 1.6.3-r3 >= 1.6.3-r3 Description =========== Erik Sjolund discovered several issues in enscript: it suffers from several buffer overflows (CAN-2004-1186), quotes and shell escape characters are insufficiently sanitized in filenames (CAN-2004-1185), and it supported taking input from an arbitrary command pipe, with unwanted side effects (CAN-2004-1184). Impact ====== An attacker could design malicious files or input data which, once feeded into enscript, would trigger the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running enscript. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All enscript users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/enscript-1.6.3-r3" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2004-1184 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1184 [ 2 ] CAN-2004-1185 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1185 [ 3 ] CAN-2004-1186 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1186 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-03.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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