Fedora Core 3 : enscript-1.6.1-28.0.2 (2005-016)
high Nessus Plugin ID 16268
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VPR Score: 5.5
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.
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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
Risk Factor: High
VPR Score: 5.5
CVSS v2.0
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