DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863

    Published: 23 Oct 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-3863

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3863

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: enscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/enscript?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.4-13

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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