DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3863
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863
Upstream
Published
2008-10-23T22:00:01.323Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:01:13.883030Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the readspecialescape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / enscript

Package

Name
enscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/enscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.4-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863.json"

Debian:12 / enscript

Package

Name
enscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/enscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.4-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863.json"

Debian:13 / enscript

Package

Name
enscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/enscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.4-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863.json"

Debian:14 / enscript

Package

Name
enscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/enscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.4-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863.json"