[RHSA-2008:1016-01] Moderate: enscript security update

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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® 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 . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

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