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VPR Score: 5.9
Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
Description
Several buffer overflow flaws were found in GNU enscript. An attacker could craft an ASCII file in such a way that it could execute arbitrary commands if the file was opened with enscript with the 'special escapes' option (-e or --escapes) enabled. (CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306, CVE-2008-5078)
Solution
Update the affected enscript package.