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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..467cca5d --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200812-02"> + <title>enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + Two buffer overflows in enscript might lead to the execution of arbitrary + code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">enscript</product> + <announced>December 02, 2008</announced> + <revised>December 02, 2008: 02</revised> + <bug>243228</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/enscript" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.6.4-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.4-r4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + enscript is a powerful ASCII to PostScript file converter. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + 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 "setfilename" command + (CVE-2008-3863), and Kees Cook of Ubuntu discovered a vulnerability + related to the "font" escape sequence (CVE-2008-4306). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user or automated system to process + specially crafted input with the special escapes processing enabled + using the "-e" option, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary + code. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All enscript users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/enscript-1.6.4-r4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3863">CVE-2008-3863</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4306">CVE-2008-4306</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:28:05 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:26 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:33 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |