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CVE-2008-5078 at MITRE

Details

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.
Novell Bugzilla entry: 462353

SUSE Security Advisories:

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for x86
  • enscript >= 1.6.2-814.11
core9. x86-64
core9. s390
core9. s390x
sles9-nld. x86-64
sles9-nlpos. x86
sles9-oes. x86
core9. x86
core9. ia64
core9. ppc
sles9-nld. x86
YOU Patch Nr: 12349

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