Candidate: CVE-2008-5078
PublicDate: 2008-12-19 17:30:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5078
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958
Description:
 Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function
 (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript
 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute
 arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 mdeslaur> flaws do not affect enscript 1.6.4 as per redhat bug
Bugs:
Priority: untriaged
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS: 

Patches_enscript:
upstream_enscript: needs-triage
dapper_enscript: not-affected
gutsy_enscript: not-affected
hardy_enscript: not-affected
intrepid_enscript: not-affected
devel_enscript: not-affected