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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: enscript security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:1016-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html
Issue date: 2008-12-15
CVE Names: CVE-2008-3863 CVE-2008-4306
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1. Summary:
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
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.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.src.rpm
i386:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.src.rpm
i386:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.i386.rpm
ia64:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ia64.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ia64.rpm
ppc:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ppc.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.ppc.rpm
s390x:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.s390x.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
enscript-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
enscript-debuginfo-1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
6. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3863
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4306
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
7. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
