Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4306 - Unspecified vulnerability in Ubuntu Linux
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN ubuntu
nessus
Summary
Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Nessus
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-1016.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35178 published 2008-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35178 title RHEL 5 : enscript (RHSA-2008:1016) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:1016. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(35178); script_version ("1.24"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:13"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3863", "CVE-2008-4306"); script_bugtraq_id(31858); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:1016"); script_name(english:"RHEL 5 : enscript (RHSA-2008:1016)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3863" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-4306" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1016" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected enscript package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:enscript"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/10/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu); yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo"); if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) { rhsa = "RHSA-2008:1016"; yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa); if (!empty_or_null(yum_report)) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : yum_report ); exit(0); } else { audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa; audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message); } } else { flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "enscript"); } }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-9351.NASL description There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34702 published 2008-11-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34702 title Fedora 8 : enscript-1.6.4-9.fc8 (2008-9351) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2008-243.NASL description Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in GNU enscript, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted ASCII file, if the file were opened with the -e or --escapes option enabled (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306). The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 36321 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36321 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : enscript (MDVSA-2008:243) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-660-1.NASL description Ulf Harnhammar discovered multiple stack overflows in enscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 38023 published 2009-04-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38023 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : enscript vulnerability (USN-660-1) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20081215_ENSCRIPT_ON_SL3_X.NASL description Several 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60504 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60504 title Scientific Linux Security Update : enscript on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_A1126054B57C11DD88920017319806E7.NASL description Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research reports : 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34817 published 2008-11-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34817 title FreeBSD : enscript -- arbitrary code execution vulnerability (a1126054-b57c-11dd-8892-0017319806e7) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2008-1016.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 43718 published 2010-01-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43718 title CentOS 5 : enscript (CESA-2008:1016) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-9372.NASL description There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34705 published 2008-11-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34705 title Fedora 9 : enscript-1.6.4-10.fc9 (2008-9372) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1670.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Enscript, a converter from ASCII text to Postscript, HTML or RTF. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-3863 Ulf Harnhammer discovered that a buffer overflow may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. - CVE-2008-4306 Kees Cook and Tomas Hoger discovered that several buffer overflows may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34949 published 2008-11-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34949 title Debian DSA-1670-1 : enscript - buffer overflows NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2008-1016.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:1016 : 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67771 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67771 title Oracle Linux 5 : enscript (ELSA-2008-1016) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-1021.NASL description An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. 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. Several 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35180 published 2008-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35180 title RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : enscript (RHSA-2008:1021) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2008-1021.NASL description An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. 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. Several 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35172 published 2008-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35172 title CentOS 3 / 4 : enscript (CESA-2008:1021) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2008-1021.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:1021 : An updated enscript packages that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. 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. Several 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 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67773 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67773 title Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : enscript (ELSA-2008-1021) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200812-02.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200812-02 (enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code) Two stack-based buffer overflows in the read_special_escape() function in src/psgen.c have been reported. Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research discovered a vulnerability related to the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35019 published 2008-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35019 title GLSA-200812-02 : enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
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description | Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | unix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10718 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 27 |
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References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32530
- http://osvdb.org/49569
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33109
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32970
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32521
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32753
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded