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Unscored RHSA-2008:1016 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: enscript security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client enscript 0:1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client enscript-debuginfo 0:1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server enscript 0:1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server enscript-debuginfo 0:1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-3863

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, wh…

    enscript Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-4306

    Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape seq…

    enscript Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466771
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469311
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_1016.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3863
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3863
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3863
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4306
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4306
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4306