CVE-2008-5078

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-5078

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-12-19T17:30:02

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:32:28

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:escript:1.6.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958
http://secunia.com/advisories/33181	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5078
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5078

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:22:41				Added to TrackCVE