Fedora Core 3 : enscript-1.6.1-28.0.2 (2005-016)
high Nessus Plugin ID 16268
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.Description
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 causes 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.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected enscript and / or enscript-debuginfo packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 16268
File Name: fedora_2005-016.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 1/27/2005
Updated: 1/11/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:enscript, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:enscript-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2005
Reference Information
FEDORA: 2005-016