USN-660-1: enscript vulnerability

Publication date

3 November 2008

Overview

enscript vulnerability


Packages

Details

Ulf Härnhammar discovered multiple stack overflows in enscript’s handling of
special escape arguments. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a malicious file with the ”-e” option enabled, a remote attacker
could execute arbitrary code or cause enscript to crash, possibly leading
to a denial of service.

Ulf Härnhammar discovered multiple stack overflows in enscript’s handling of
special escape arguments. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a malicious file with the ”-e” option enabled, a remote attacker
could execute arbitrary code or cause enscript to crash, possibly leading
to a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.10 intrepid enscript –  1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 hardy enscript –  1.6.4-12ubuntu0.8.04.1
7.10 gutsy enscript –  1.6.4-11ubuntu0.2
6.06 dapper enscript –  1.6.4-7ubuntu0.2

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