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>> GNU Enscript "setfilename" and "font" Special Escape Buffer Overflows
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Title : GNU Enscript "setfilename" and "font" Special Escape Buffer Overflows
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2891
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3863 - CVE-2008-4306
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-23
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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in GNU Enscript, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.
The first issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "read_special_escape()" [src/psgen.c] function when processing the "setfilename" escape sequence, which could be exploited to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code via a malicious file.
The second vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "read_special_escape()" [src/psgen.c] function when processing the "font" escape sequence, which could be exploited to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code via a malicious file.
Affected Products
GNU Enscript version 1.6.4 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2891
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-41/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ulf Harnhammar (Secunia Research) and Ubuntu.
ChangeLog
2008-10-23 : Initial release
2008-11-05 : Updated Solution
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