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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51255
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 2 FEDORA-2005-015 (enscript)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to enscript
announced via advisory FEDORA-2005-015.

GNU enscript is a free replacement for Adobe's Enscript
program. Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript and spools
generated PostScript output to the specified printer or saves it to a
file. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and
includes many options for customizing printouts.

Erik Sjolund has discovered several security relevant problems in
enscript, a program to converts ASCII text to Postscript and other
formats. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2004-1184
Unsanitised input can caues the execution of arbitrary commands
via EPSF pipe support. This has been disabled, also upstream.

CVE-2004-1185
Due to missing sanitising of filenames it is possible that a
specially crafted filename can cause arbitrary commands to be
executed.

CVE-2004-1186
Multiple buffer overflows can cause the program to crash.

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
http://fedoranews.org/blog/index.php?p=330

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1184
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 12329
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12329
Bugtraq: 20060526 rPSA-2006-0083-1 enscript (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435199/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-654 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-654
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419768/100/0/threaded
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:033
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9658
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-040.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012965
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
https://usn.ubuntu.com/68-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
XForce ISS Database: enscript-epsf-command-ececution(19012)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19012
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1185
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10808
XForce ISS Database: enscript-filename-command-execution(19029)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19029
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1186
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11134
XForce ISS Database: enscript-multiple-bo(19033)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19033
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