| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to enscript
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-9372.
GNU enscript is a free replacement for Adobe's Enscript
program. Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(TM) 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.
Update Information:
There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes
CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306
ChangeLog:
* Mon Nov 3 2008 Adam Tkac 1.6.4-10
- fixed various buffer overflows (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306)
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #466771 - CVE-2008-3863 enscript: setfilename special escape buffer overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466771
[ 2 ] Bug #469311 - CVE-2008-4306 enscript: font special escape buffer overflows
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469311
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update enscript' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-9372
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
9.3
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