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Unscored RHSA-2008:0946 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: ed security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 24

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as ed 0:0.2-21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw ed 0:0.2-21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es ed 0:0.2-21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws ed 0:0.2-21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as ed 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop ed 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es ed 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws ed 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-33.30E.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as ed 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop ed 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es ed 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws ed 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-36.el4_7.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client ed 0:0.2-39.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-39.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ed 0:0.2-39.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ed-debuginfo 0:0.2-39.el5_2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-3916

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or u…

    ed Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462584
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0946.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3916
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3916
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3916