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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61933
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1670-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'enscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-1670-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'enscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-1670-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Enscript, a converter from ASCII text to Postscript, HTML or RTF. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2008-3863

Ulf Harnhammer discovered that a buffer overflow may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2008-4306

Kees Cook and Tomas Hoger discovered that several buffer overflows may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.4-11.1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.4-13.

We recommend that you upgrade your enscript package.

Affected Software/OS:
'enscript' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3863
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 31858
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31858
Bugtraq: 20081022 Secunia Research: GNU Enscript "setfilename" Special Escape Buffer Overflow (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497647/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20081117 rPSA-2008-0321-1 enscript (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1670 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-41/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9939
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32137
http://secunia.com/advisories/32521
http://secunia.com/advisories/32530
http://secunia.com/advisories/32753
http://secunia.com/advisories/32854
http://secunia.com/advisories/32970
http://secunia.com/advisories/33109
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4488
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:024 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2891
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
XForce ISS Database: gnuenscript-readspecialescape-bo(46026)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46026
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4306
20081117 rPSA-2008-0321-1 enscript
32521
32530
32753
32854
32970
33109
49569
http://osvdb.org/49569
DSA-1670
FEDORA-2008-9351
FEDORA-2008-9372
GLSA-200812-02
MDVSA-2008:243
RHSA-2008:1016
RHSA-2008:1021
SUSE-SR:2008:024
USN-660-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10718
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5078
1021401
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401
33181
http://secunia.com/advisories/33181
SUSE-SR:2009:005
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
enscript-recognize-tilde-bo(47680)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11807
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807
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